Judgment reversed, as a matter of discretion in the interest of justice, and new trial ordered.
Defendant's conviction arose as a result of the robbery of a supermarket on April 7, 1977 at 7:30 P.M. and a rape and robbery of a woman a short distance away at 7:50 P.M. At trial the police and the defendant presented different versions of the defendant's apprehension and arrest. Officers Coughlin and Boorman stated that one of the victims pointed to a man who was running...
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