Judgment unanimously reversed as a matter of discretion in the interest of justice and new trial granted.
Memorandum:
The trial court improperly instructed the jury that "[r]easonable doubt must * * * be based entirely and absolutely upon some good, sound, substantial reason" (see, People v Payne,
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