The People v. Leroy Savage Smith

This memorandum is uncorrected and subject to revision before publication in the New York Reports. ----------------------------------------------------------------- No. 116 The People &c., Respondent, v. Leroy Savage Smith, Appellant. Philip Rothschild, for appellant. James P. Maxwell, for respondent. New York Civil Liberties Union, amicus curiae. MEMORANDUM: The order of the Appellate Division should be reversed and a new trial ordered. Following a jury trial, defendant was convicted of assault in the first degree and criminal possession of a weapon - 1 - - 2 - No. 116 in the fourth degree…