People v. Negron

—Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Friedman, J.), rendered July 15, 1998, convicting him of attempted murder in the second degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is reversed, on the law, and a new trial is ordered.

The defendant was charged with attempted murder in the second degree arising out of an incident in which he allegedly threw paint remover and lit matches at his girlfriend inside their apartment. The defendant did not deny that he was present during the incident, but claimed that the complainant set…