People v. Hill

Appeal by defendant from a judgment of the County Court, Nassau County, rendered October 15, 1975, convicting him of burglary 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 defendant, a 20-year-old music major at Nassau Community College, is employed during the day and attends school full-time at night. He was charged with knowingly and unlawfully entering and remaining in the house of one George Walsh, at 5:30 a.m., on New Year’s day, 1975, with the intent to…