Judgment unanimously reversed, on the law and on the facts, and a new trial ordered.
Defendant and respondent in their summations addressed themselves to the issue of frame-up. After the case was submitted to the jury, the jury returned three times with questions. The third inquiry was as follows: "`With ever [sic] reference to frameup or setup, was the Judge [sic] ruling that it be stricken from the record?' * * * `Are we, as jurors, allowed to determine...
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