The defendant was arrested after he aimed a loaded semiautomatic Uzi submachine gun at a police officer. Although the evidence was legally sufficient to establish the defendant's guilt and the verdict was not against the weight of the evidence (CPL 470.15 [5]), the judgment must be reversed due to numerous errors committed by the trial court.
The court's charge to the jury deprived the defendant of a fair trial. At defense counsel's request, the court charged the...
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