Judgment reversed, on the law, and new trial granted.
During the prosecutor's summation he described defendant as "the kingpin of South Jamaica" and, in order to bolster the credibility of the People's witness who had testified he was the victim of the assault in question, stressed at length the risk of physical reprisal to which this witness
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