The court properly exercised its discretion in denying defendant's mistrial motion based upon the prosecutor's summation. Although the prosecutor's suggestions to the jury to not allow defendant to "get away" with the crime, and to convict him in the "interest of justice" were inappropriately phrased, they did not deprive defendant of a fair trial, and there was no pattern of egregious remarks warranting reversal (see People v D'Alessandro,
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