Judgment reversed, on the law, and new trial ordered.
The findings of fact below have not been considered. In our opinion the identification technique employed by the police was so highly prejudicial and suggestive that the testimony of the People's witness who identified defendant was thereby irreparably tainted. Viewed in the totality of the circumstances and since, in our opinion, it could not, as a matter of law, be shown that the witness' in-court identification...
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