Mr. Justice Stewart delivered the opinion of the Court. A New York law confers upon every judge in a non-jury criminal trial the power to deny counsel any opportunity to make a summation of the evidence before the rendition of judgment. N. Y. Crim. Proc. Law § 320.20 *854 (3) (c) (1971). 1 In the case before us we are called…
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