Judgment reversed, as a matter of discretion in the interest of justice, and new trial ordered.
The prosecutor, in his summation, stated that the attorneys for the defendants in this case (appellant was tried with two codefendants) didn't believe the defendants' story, and yet expected the jury to believe it. That was improper (see People v Coles,
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