Judgment reversed, as a matter of discretion in the interest of justice, and new trial ordered.
The People's case against the defendant was based upon circumstantial evidence. While the trial court's charge to the jury on circumstantial evidence was not a misstatement of law, we find that, under the circumstances of this case, it failed to adequately convey to the jury the reasoning process to be followed in assessing such proof (cf. People v Ford, ...
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