People v. Rodriguez

—Appeal by the People from an order of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Juviler, J.), dated March 30, 1999, which granted the defendant’s motion to set aside a jury verdict convicting him of murder in the second degree, manslaughter in the first degree, robbery in the first degree, and criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree, and ordered a new trial.

Ordered that the order is affirmed.

Contrary to the People’s contention, the trial court properly granted the defendant’s motion to set aside the verdict on the ground that evidence of uncharged crimes was improperly admitted into…