In a rare move for an appellate court in New York, a panel of jurists ordered a new trial for a man from Queens this week to be presided over by a different judge, saying that Queens Supreme Court Justice Ronald Hollie inappropriately interfered with proceedings.

The Appellate Division, Second Department said in the decision that Hollie, whose decisions have been reversed by the appellate court on several other occasions, unfairly inserted himself into the trial two years ago.