Judgment reversed and a new trial ordered. The motion to strike out the allegations of prior felony convictions contained in the indictment should have been granted on the strength of section 275-b of the Code of Criminal Procedure. By that provision the Legislature intended to prohibit the introduction as part of the main case on the trial of evidence of prior convictions even though the indictment was returned prior to the effective date of the statute (cf. People v...
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