Judgment reversed, on the law, and new trial ordered. The findings of fact below have not been considered.
In our opinion, defendant was deprived of a fair trial by the following errors: (a) on the direct examination of an accomplice, called as a People's witness, the prosecutor elicited testimony that he had pleaded guilty to the very crime for which defendant was being tried, and the court repeated that testimony in his charge, without instructing the jury that...
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