LEMMON, Justice.
This is an appeal from a conviction of two counts of armed robbery and concurrent sentences of 98 and 99 years imprisonment at hard labor. We reverse the conviction and order a new trial because the combined effect of the prosecutor's obstructionist tactics and the trial judge's grudging attitude on voir dire and during closing argument created the appearance that the trial judge had abandoned his role as neutral arbiter. When the conduct of the prosecutor...
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