People v. Norville

—Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Harold J. Rothwax, J.), rendered April 24, 1991, convicting the defendant, upon a jury verdict, of attempted robbery in the first degree and sentencing him to an indeterminate term of imprisonment of from 6 to 12 years, unanimously reversed, on the law, and the matter is remitted for a new trial.

The trial court’s instruction to the jury on the element of display of a firearm, and the manner in which it marshalled *104the evidence deprived the defendant of a fair trial. Accordingly, the judgment is reversed and the matter is remitted for a new trial.

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