Ordered that the judgment is reversed, on the law and as a matter of discretion in the interest of justice, and a new trial is ordered.
During the redirect examination of the police officer who arrested the defendant, the prosecutor twice elicited, through a lengthy series of questions, that after his arrest the defendant did not elaborate on the details of the cursory alibi statement which he had previously given to that officer. This was error. In People v Dawson...
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