Ordered that the judgment is reversed, on the law, and a new trial is ordered. No questions of fact have been raised or considered.
We find that the defendant was prejudiced by the prosecutor's violation of the principle that a defendant's post-arrest silence is inadmissible for impeachment purposes in the absence of unusual circumstances (see, People v Conyers,
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