Judgment affirmed.
No opinion. This case is remitted to the Supreme Court, Queens County, for further proceedings pursuant to CPL 460.50 (subd 5).
It was error for the trial court to charge the jury that defendant's principal witness, John McAleer, was a character witness and that therefore his testimony alone could not raise a reasonable doubt. McAleer was not a character witness and his testimony, if believed...
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