It is hereby ordered that the judgment so appealed from is unanimously reversed on the law and a new trial is granted.
Memorandum: On appeal from a judgment convicting him upon a jury verdict of, inter alia, murder in the second degree (Penal Law § 125.25[3]), defendant contends that the conviction is not supported by legally sufficient evidence with respect to the element of identity. We reject that contention (see generally People v Bleakley,
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