People v. Turner

Appeal by defendant from (1) a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County, rendered March 10, 1972, convicting him of murder, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence and (2) (by permission) an order of the same court, entered September 6, 1973, which denied his motion to vacate the said judgment, without a hearing. Appeal from the order dismissed as academic in view of the disposition herein of the appeal from the judgment. Judgment reversed, on the law, and new trial ordered. Appellant was charged with having shot and killed one Mary Booker during a robbery. Crucial to the prosecution’s…