Ordered that the judgment is reversed, on the law, and the matter is remitted to the Supreme Court, Kings County, for a new trial.
In 2006, the defendant, a neighborhood handyman, was arrested and charged with engaging in acts of sexual misconduct with a 13-year-old girl, who lived in one of the apartments where he worked. In a pretrial omnibus motion, the defendant moved, inter alia, for a hearing pursuant to People v Sandoval (
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