Judgment reversed, on the law and as a matter of discretion in the interest of justice, and new trial ordered.
In the instant case, the dominant issue was one of identity and the resolution of that issue depended solely upon the jury's assessment of the relative credibility of the defendant versus the People's only eyewitness, an undercover narcotics investigator. However, the prosecutor, during summation, improperly sought to bolster the credibility of this all-important...
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