Ordered that the judgments are reversed, on the law, and a new trial is ordered. No questions of fact have been raised or considered.
We find that the defendant's right to a fair trial was violated by the court's expansive "no adverse inference" charge (see, CPL 300.10 [2]), as it unnecessarily implied that his decision not to testify was a strategic one (see, People v McCain,
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