Ordered that the judgment is reversed, on the law, and a new trial is ordered.
We agree with the defendant that he did not receive the effective assistance of counsel during the trial that resulted in the instant conviction. The People charged the defendant with criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree under Penal Law § 265.02. While the trial court granted the defendant's motion to suppress a gun to the extent of granting a hearing on the issue of...
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