Judgment reversed, on the law, and new trial ordered.
No issues have been presented with respect to the sufficiency of the trial evidence. In this case, the primary issue before the jury was identification. It was therefore improper and highly prejudicial for the prosecutor, in his summation, to tell the jury that a vote of not guilty was the equivalent of saying that the two identifying witnesses had lied. The statement distorted the issue before the jury and may...
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