NOLAN, J.
The principal issue in this case is whether the defendant was deprived of effective assistance of counsel as a result of trial counsel's eleventh hour decision, in closing argument, to abandon an insanity defense to indictments charging murder in the first degree and assault with intent to murder, being armed with a dangerous weapon. We hold that the defendant is entitled to a new trial.
The defendant was employed under the name Gary Kagan as a dishwasher...
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