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.
In the instant trial involving the defendant and the codefendant Allison Williams, it was incumbent upon the court to instruct the jury to consider the evidence of guilt or innocence separately as to each individual (CPL 300.10 [4]; People v Ortiz,
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