While several of the errors presented for our review are not fully preserved and, if viewed singly, would ordinarily constitute harmless error, we conclude that this record, when read in its totality, requires a new trial in the interest of justice.
As part of its preliminary instructions, the trial court not only failed to admonish the jury to refrain from visiting the crime scene or from engaging in other acts prohibited by the language of CPL 270.40, but, for reasons...
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