Judgment reversed, on the law and as a matter of discretion in the interest of justice, and new trial ordered.
The improper admission of prejudicial evidence, compounded by the erroneous exclusion of proper testimony, created a "significant probability * * * that the jury would have acquitted the defendant had it not been for the error[s]" (see, People v Crimmins,
The defendant, who was...
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