Defendant claims that he was deprived of a fair trial by the prosecutor's summation, which accused the codefendant — the only witness for the defense — of accommodating his testimony to that of the People's witnesses, which encouraged the jury to evaluate the defense witness's motives to lie by employing the expressions "fabricated" and "smoke screen", and which encouraged the jury not to "hide behind" the People's obligation to prove guilt beyond a reasonable...
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