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.
The defendant's conviction stemmed from his alleged robbery of a Queens grocery store, and rested exclusively upon the identification testimony of him by the two complainants. Although the evidence adduced by the prosecution was legally sufficient to establish his guilt beyond a reasonable doubt (see People v Contes,
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