People v. Kent
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
— Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Nassau County (Goodman, J.), rendered September 10, 1985, convicting him of robbery in the first degree, theft of services and criminal possession of a weapon 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.
The prosecutor made several remarks during summation which exceeded the bounds of proper advocacy. These statements deprived the defendant of his right to a fair trial.
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