DOWNTOWN — AN APPELLATE COURT OVERTURNED the 1999 murder conviction of Anthony Sims, 50, on Wednesday, who had been found guilty of fatally shooting a Chinese restaurant worker at Mr. Hing’s Kitchen on Bushwick’s strip following a dispute over an uncooked chicken order, New York Daily News reports
The Appellate Division Second Department reversed Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Danny Chun’s 2023 ruling, ordering a new trial after finding Chun erred in dismissing new witness testimony — including a recantation by a trial witness and an account from Rachel Lewis, who said she saw Sims’ then-friend Julius Graves fleeing the scene carrying a long gun.
“Today, my 28-year nightmare is finally over,” Sims said in a statement. He has been free on parole since December 2022. Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez’s office said it is reviewing the decision.
Graves testified against Sims at trial but was never charged.
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