PER CURIAM.
We are confronted again with the necessity to reverse a criminal conviction because the trial judge arbitrarily limited defense counsel to an abbreviated time for closing argument to the jury. Had defense counsel been allowed the thirty-minute time period he requested in this case, rather than being cut off after fifteen minutes, we would have affirmed. There are no "cost savings" in insisting on this kind of courtroom efficiency. Further, the error is...
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