People v. Olivero

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Conrado, J.), rendered September 12, 1995, convicting him of criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

*558Ordered that the judgment is reversed, on the law, and a new trial is ordered.

In its jury instruction, the trial court explained that the issue of whether a witness was interested, and the effect of this interest upon the witness’s testimony, was for the jury to decide. The court thereafter instructed the jury that the defendant’s wife, mother, brother, and…