Judgment reversed, on the law, and new trial granted.
No questions of fact were considered. At the trial, detective Ridings was permitted to testify to a conversation had with defendant's brother not in defendant's presence to the effect that defendant was at the scene of the slaying and that the brother had seen flashes from an object in defendant's hand. This testimony was inadmissible and highly prejudicial (cf. People v. Gould,
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