A New York appellate court is ordering a new trial for a convicted killer, Donald White, because — wait for it — his buddy was kicked out of the courtroom for napping.
That’s right: Loony judges Betsy Barros, Barry Warhit, Lourdes Ventura and Donna-Marie Golia don’t deny that the “weight of the evidence” backs a guilty verdict.
But they say White was denied his right to a “public trial” because his friend was booted, and never mind that it was only for a day.
White was convicted of making his way into a Queens pot dealer’s house and shooting him in the head, with the help of an accomplice in a “Scream” Halloween mask.
But the trial judge’s decision to eject the defendant’s snoozing pal was enough for the appellate court to throw out the entire conviction and give the murderer a second chance with a whole new trial.
Maybe the judges