People v. Jones

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Sherman, J.), rendered March 7, 1988, convicting him of criminal possession of stolen property in the first degree, unauthorized use of a vehicle in the third degree, violation of Vehicle and Traffic Law § 375 (2) (a), violation of Vehicle and Traffic Law § 1172 (a), and unlawfully operating or driving a motor vehicle on a public highway, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is reversed, on the law, and a new trial is ordered. No questions of fact have been raised or considered.

As the…