People v. Edwards

Goldstein, J.P., dissents and votes to reverse the judgment appealed from, on the law, and to order a new trial, with the following memorandum:

In my view, the defendant was deprived of a fair trial.

The sole evidence of the defendant’s guilt was the testimony of the complaining witness, who acknowledged at the trial that he knew the defendant for many years and his relationship with the defendant soured after his brother and the defendant’s brother “had a little incident.”

According to the complainant, on January 1, 2000, he entered the northbound platform of the Van Siclen Avenue subway…