Ordered that the judgment is reversed, as a matter of discretion in the interest of justice, and a new trial is ordered.
The Court of Appeals held, in People v Washington (supra) that it does not constitute error as a matter of law for the trial court, in a criminal prosecution, to prevent the defendant from exercising his due process right to testify in his own defense (US Const 14th Amend; NY Const, art I, § 6) where the defendant first requests...
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