Judgment of conviction unanimously reversed, on the law, on the facts, and in the exercise of discretion, and a new trial is ordered.
Throughout the trial there was harsh, insistent emphasis by the prosecutor upon the freely admitted fact that both defendant and his main witness were drug addicts. During the direct examination of this witness, through whom the defense sought to establish an alibi, the court asked the witness what
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