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 charged with, as relevant here, robbery in the first degree. At trial, the alleged victim testified that after the defendant surreptitiously removed her pocketbook from her unlocked vehicle and she demanded its return, he simultaneously began to unzip his jacket while threatening to stab her to death. The victim...
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