Judgment reversed, on the law, and new trial ordered.
Although there was strong evidence of defendant's guilt, nevertheless the Trial Judge's disparagement, a number of times during the trial and in the jury's presence, of the manner in which defendant's assigned counsel was conducting himself in the course of his defense and representation of defendant, and the Trial Judge's express and inferential disparagement of the defense asserted by defendant, in our opinion...
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