People v. Evans

Appeal by defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Rubin, J.), rendered June 17, 1982, convicting him of robbery in the first degree, and burglary in the second degree (two counts), 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 errors at trial were so fundamental that they cumulatively operated to deprive defendant of a fair trial.

The foundation of the defense strategy at trial was to show that defendant’s confession was involuntary. Discovery prior to trial…