Ordered that the judgment is reversed, as a matter of discretion in the interest of justice, and a new trial is ordered.
Under the unusual facts of this case, the trial court erred in denying the defendant's motion for a mistrial at the close of the codefendant's summation. The defendant and codefendant were jointly tried on charges in connection with the stabbing of the victim. The codefendant elected to testify, confessed to stabbing the victim, and implicated the...
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