People v. Willis

Appeal by defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Leahy, J.), rendered March 12, 1979, convicting him of attempted murder in the second degree, criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree and assault in the first degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence, f Judgment reversed, as a matter of discretion in the interest of justice, and new trial ordered. 11 The complaining witness and defendant had known each other for over a decade. The complainant accused defendant of shooting him five times in the early morning of February 9, 1978. The complainant was…