Ordered that the judgment is modified, on the law, by vacating the sentence imposed; as so modified, the judgment is affirmed, and the matter is remitted to the County Court, Westchester County for a new persistent violent felony offender hearing.
While the trial court's charge concerning the defendant's status as an interested witness was improper, it nevertheless constitutes harmless error in light of the overwhelming evidence of the defendant's guilt (cf.
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