The appeal should be dismissed.
Although the Appellate Division order states that reversal of defendant's conviction was on the law, the opinion reveals that it was in fact based upon an exercise of discretion. After the trial court had denied defendant's requested alibi charge and, in its place, given a different alibi charge, defendant did not specify why the charge as given was inadequate. Thus, while...
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