Judgment unanimously reversed on the law and facts and a new trial granted.
Memorandum:
On the trial, at which defendant was convicted of first degree manslaughter, two witnesses testified that the deceased victim had said several times that defendant had cut her. Questions eliciting such testimony might have been proper if they had resulted in a showing that defendant tacitly admitted his guilt by silence. The witnesses testified, however, that defendant...
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