¶ Judgment reversed, as a matter of discretion in the interest of justice, and new trial ordered.
¶ Defendant Stephen Cruz and his codefendant Jose Medina were indicted for murder in the second degree, robbery in the first degree, criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree and criminal use of a firearm in the first degree and the two were tried together. The prosecutor, during his opening address to the jury, made extensive reference to the expected...
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