Ordered that the judgment is reversed, as a matter of discretion in the interest of justice, and a new trial is ordered.
In his summation, the prosecutor made reference to crimes in which the defendant had participated but not been charged, and also made unqualified statements of the defendant's guilt. Furthermore, the prosecutor improperly stated that the defendant had made a statement to the police without asking for a lawyer because "he knew he was guilty." The...
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