Order reversed, on the law, and proceeding remitted to said court for a new hearing before a Justice other than the Justice who presided at defendant's trial which resulted in the judgment of conviction in question.
The findings of fact below have not been considered. In our opinion, appellant's testimony at the hearing was improperly restricted on the question of his alleged intoxication at the time he made the statement (cf. People v. Schompert,
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