People v. Rodriguez

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Lombardo, J.), rendered April 23, 1984, convicting him of murder in the second degree (two counts), kidnapping in the first degree and criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

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

The charges against the defendant and his codefendant Freddie Salcedo stemmed from the discovery of the body of Victor Ramirez, who was found dead several hours…