People v. Dowdell

Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Monroe County (Daniel J. Doyle, J.), rendered December 5, 2011. The judgment convicted defendant, upon a jury verdict, of assault in the second degree.

It is hereby ordered that the judgment so appealed from is unanimously reversed on the law and a new trial is granted.

Memorandum: Defendant was convicted following a jury trial of assault in the second degree (Penal Law § 120.05 [3]) for causing physical injury to a police officer who attempted to arrest him on a parole warrant inside a crowded bar. The arresting officer broke a bone in his hand…