People v. Scott

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Cooperman, J.), rendered April 23, 1993, convicting him of robbery in the second degree and robbery in the third degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

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.

*565On appeal, the defendant contends that he was deprived of a fair trial by several improper comments that were made by the prosecutor during his summation. We agree. The defendant testified on his own behalf and admitted to…