People v. Bici

Appeal by defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Lentol, J.), rendered April 3,1981, convicting him of murder in the second degree and criminal possession of a weapon in the second 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. The People called as a witness at the trial one Esat Bici, who at the date of the homicide was seven years of age. This witness was the child of the decedent and defendant. During the trial the court ordered an in camera “material…