¶ Judgment reversed, as a matter of discretion in the interest of justice, and new trial ordered.
¶ The charges against defendant stem from the robbery of Ernest Rice in the hallway of his apartment building on May 4, 1979 and his subsequent death from injuries received at that time. The only evidence which implicated defendant in the crimes was the identification testimony of Rice's neighbor. Her initial inability to remember that defendant, whom she had...
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