A new trial was ordered for a defendant who stabbed a man to death as he held his 6-month-old daughter because the trial was rife with emotional appeals and inflammatory evidence, a state appeals panel ruled Thursday.The 1st District Appellate Court found that the trial court allowed three errors that could have motivated the jury to find defendant Eric Smith guilty of murdering Fias Mannie and attempting to kill Mannie’s daughter Brooklyn because the jurors relied on their emotions, and not the evidence.“This …