Judgment of conviction unanimously reversed on the law and facts and a new trial granted.
Memorandum:
Error which may have misled the jury and influenced the verdict was committed by the trial court in failing to grant defendant's motion to strike out testimony of a police officer that defendant had refused to make a statement when he was in custody at police headquarters. A person in custody accused of a crime has no duty to speak and evidence may not be...
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