People v. Ross

Appeal by the People from an order of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Owens, J.), entered June 28, 1995, which granted the defendant’s motion to set aside a jury verdict convicting him of murder in the second degree and criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree.

Ordered that the order is affirmed.

The defendant was indicted, tried before a jury, and convicted of murder in the second degree and criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree, arising out of an incident in which he allegedly shot and killed a taxicab driver for overcharging him. During the trial, one of the defense…