People v. Rivera

Appeal by defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County, rendered March 20, 1978, convicting him of robbery in the second degree (two counts), assault in the second degree, and criminal possession of a weapon in the fourth degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence. Judgment reversed, on the law and as a matter, of discretion in the interest of justice, and new trial ordered. On April 4, 1977 the complainant was robbed by several men, one of whom he knew from the neighborhood by the nickname "Jose”. Defendant was arrested on April 11, 1977 and a one-on-one showup was…