Ordered that the judgment is reversed, on the law and as a matter of discretion in the interest of justice, and a new trial is ordered. No questions of fact have been raised or considered.
The defendant, a 26-year-old elevator mechanic with no criminal record, was arrested by the police who were responding to a radio bulletin that a black male with a gun was at the rear of a grocery store in Queens. The arresting officer, who was one of at least four officers who...
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