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.
On appeal, the defendant contends, inter alia, that the hypothetical examples the court used to illustrate the concept of intent during its supplemental charge were biased in favor of the prosecution. We agree. Although a trial court is not precluded from supplying hypothetical examples in its instructions to the jury as an...
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