People v. Plowden

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Nassau County (Carter, J.), rendered December 13, 2013, convicting him of murder in the second degree, robbery in the first degree (two counts), and robbery in the second degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is reversed, on the law and in the exercise of discretion, and a new trial is ordered.

Viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the pros ecution (see People v Contes, 60 NY2d 620, 621 [1983]), we find that it was legally sufficient to establish the defendant’s guilt of all…