Judgment reversed, on the law and as a matter of discretion in the interest of justice, and new trial ordered.
Defendant was charged, inter alia, with assault in the first degree as a result of a stabbing incident. The defendant testified in his own defense and, on cross-examination, the prosecutor repeatedly tried to have him state that a police witness was a liar. On summation, the prosecutor commented that if the defendant stuck to his story "he would be...
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