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.
The attempts by the prosecutor, over objections, to impeach the defendant by extensively cross-examining him about and commenting upon his failure to disclose his alibi to the police prior to trial, deprived the defendant of a fair trial (see, Doyle v Ohio,
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