Judgment reversed, on the law and as a matter of discretion in the interest of justice, and new trial ordered.
Under the circumstances of this case, the cumulative effect of the prosecutor's improper cross-examination of defendant and summation was to deprive defendant of a fair trial. Defendant was charged, inter alia, with criminal possession of narcotics in November, 1973 and criminal sale of narcotics in March, 1974. The only witness for the People as to...
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