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 was arrested and convicted of possessing a weapon and narcotics which were found in his automobile. Before the trial, the People agreed to so-called "open file discovery." As part of that discovery, the People represented that the only statements the defendant had made were exculpatory. Thereafter, during her opening...
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