People v. Mendez
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, Kings County (Demarest, J.), rendered December 12, 2002, convicting him of robbery in the first degree (three counts) and criminal possession of a controlled substance in the seventh degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
Ordered that the judgment is reversed, as a matter of discretion in the interest of justice, and a new trial is ordered.
*689In her summation, the prosecutor made certain statements that insinuated that more than one witness had identified the defendant. Certain communications received from the jury during…
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