PEOPLE v. DAWSON

2017-06314. Ind. No. 5020/16.

178 A.D.3d 719 (2019)

115 N.Y.S.3d 360

2019 NY Slip Op 08689

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Loren Dawson, Appellant.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department.

Decided December 4, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul Skip Laisure , New York, NY ( Alice R. B. Cullina of counsel), for appellant.

Eric Gonzalez , District Attorney, Brooklyn, NY ( Leonard Joblove and Gamaliel Marrero of counsel), for respondent.

Mastro, J.P., Chambers, Leventhal and Christopher, JJ., concur.


Ordered that the judgment is reversed, as a matter of discretion in the interest of justice, and a new trial is ordered.

The defendant was convicted of attempted assault in the first degree, assault in the second degree, and criminal possession of a weapon in the fourth degree in connection with an incident that occurred inside a restaurant in Brooklyn on May 6, 2016. The evidence adduced at trial established that during the incident, the defendant swung a knife at...

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