The reception of the codefendant's plea of guilty, in the presence of the jury, was highly prejudicial and deprived defendant-appellant of a substantial right, and particularly so when followed, first, by the reception in evidence of appellant's confession (repudiated by him) in which the presence and participation of both defendants was recited and, second, by the prosecutor's reference in summation to the codefendants' admissions with respect to the defendants' joint participation...
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