Judgment affirmed.
No opinion.
Shapiro and Brennan, JJ., dissenting.
In our opinion the receipt of testimony from a police officer upon his direct examination as to a description given to him of the assailant shortly after the commission of the crime was prejudicial error necessitating a new trial. In view of all the circumstances, the identification of defendant was not so "altogether satisfactory" as to permit us to view the error as harmless (cf...
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