The order of the Appellate Division should be reversed and a new trial ordered.
Defense counsel's argument on summation that the victim had been prompted by the police to carelessly or deliberately misidentify the defendant as the person who robbed him invited a strong response from the prosecutor (cf. People v Marks,
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