People v. Cheung & Jhong

Appeal by the People from two orders (one as to each defendant) of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Demakos, J.), both dated November 4, 1996, which granted the defendants’ separate motions to set aside the jury verdicts convicting them of robbery in the second degree (two counts as to each defendant), and ordered a new trial as to each defendant.

Ordered that the orders are reversed, on the law, the motions to set aside the jury verdicts are denied, the jury verdicts are reinstated, and the matter is remitted to the Supreme Court, Queens County, for sentencing of the defendant Fai Cheung and…