Judgment reversed, on the law, and new trial ordered.
No questions of fact have been considered. On cross-examination, an accomplice testifying for the People denied that he had been promised a light sentence in exchange for his testimony. In summation, an Assistant District Attorney told the jury that a colleague who had taken part in the trial earlier was "an honorable member of the profession" and that, if the colleague had made any promises to the accomplice,...
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