PER CURIAM.
The defendant appeals a conviction for first-degree murder. There is not much room for doubt that the defendant is guilty of a homicide. Because there is a justiciable question as to the degree of the offense, which followed a post-drinking-spree altercation between the two men, the prejudicial comments of the assistant state attorney in closing arguments require a new trial. Parts of that argument are lifted from the record:
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