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The defendant was convicted of various sex offenses based on the testimony of his two nieces. The alleged abuse was not medically confirmed, and the defense suggested the children's mother instigated the accusations, possibly for financial motives. A crucial witness, Raymond Burse, claimed the defendant confessed, but the defense argued Burse obtained information from legal papers and received a benefit for his testimony. The prosecutor's summation was found to be improper due to bolstering witness credibility without evidence, minimizing Burse's benefit, and making an inappropriate admonition to the jury. The defense counsel's failure to object to these highly prejudicial instances of prosecutorial misconduct led to a finding of ineffective assistance of counsel, resulting in the reversal of the Appellate Division's order and the ordering of a new trial.
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The defendant was convicted of various sex offenses based on the testimony of his two nieces. The alleged abuse was not medically confirmed, and the defense suggested the children's mother instigated the accusations, possibly for financial motives. A crucial witness, Raymond Burse, claimed the defendant confessed, but the defense argued Burse obtained information from legal papers and received a benefit for his testimony. The prosecutor's summation was found to be improper due to bolstering witness credibility without evidence, minimizing Burse's benefit, and making an inappropriate admonition to the jury. The defense counsel's failure to object to these highly prejudicial instances of prosecutorial misconduct led to a finding of ineffective assistance of counsel, resulting in the reversal of the Appellate Division's order and the ordering of a new trial.
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