Judgment unanimously affirmed.
Memorandum:
It was error for the prosecutor to elicit from the codefendant upon direct examination that he had plead guilty to a count of the indictment upon which appellant was being tried. (People v. Edwards, 282 N.Y. 413; People v. Louise, 242 App. Div. 471.) It further should not have been mentioned in the opening statement of the prosecutor. These errors, however, do not mandate reversal as before either had...
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