People v. Graham

Appeal by the defendant from two judgments of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Browne, J.), both rendered September 11, 1991, convicting him of robbery in the first degree (two counts), under Indictment No. 4176/90, upon a jury verdict, and assault in the second degree (two counts) and resisting arrest under Indictment No. 4321/91, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentences.

Ordered that the judgments are reversed, on the law, and a new trial is ordered. No questions of fact have been raised or considered.

We find that the defendant’s right to a fair trial was violated by the court’s…