People v. Lee

— Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County, rendered November 17, 1976, convicting defendant of manslaughter in the first degree and sentencing him thereupon to a term of imprisonment of 12 Vi to 25 years, unanimously reversed, on the law, and the matter remanded for a new trial. There were no eyewitnesses to this homicide, which took place in a storeroom of a restaurant, although there were witnesses who saw defendant enter the room before the report of the fatal gunshots and leave immediately thereafter. Defendant testified that he entered the room pursuant to a prearranged meeting with…