Judgment reversed, on the law and as a matter of discretion in the interest of justice, and new trial ordered. The findings of fact have been considered and are determined to be established.
The conviction stems from a confrontation between the defendant and an off-duty black police officer, Roscoe Smalls. At trial, Officer Smalls testified that he had just gotten off of a bus at 130th Street and Atlantic Avenue on his way home from work, when a group of white males...
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