People v. Cotton

Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Erie County (John L. Michalski, A.J.), rendered February 4, 2008. The judgment convicted defendant, upon a jury verdict, of attempted murder in the second degree, assault in the first degree and criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree.

It is hereby ordered that the judgment so appealed from is unanimously reversed on the law and a new trial is granted.

*1451Memorandum: Defendant appeals from a judgment convicting him following a jury trial of various crimes, the most serious of which was attempted murder in the second degree (Penal Law §§…