People v. Williams

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Dowling, J.), rendered November 6, 2003, convicting him of burglary in the first degree, robbery in the first degree, and endangering the welfare of a child, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is reversed, on the law, and a new trial is ordered.

Viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the prosecution (see People v Contes, 60 NY2d 620 [1983]), we find that it was legally sufficient to establish the defendant’s guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. Moreover, upon the exercise of…