Judgment reversed, on the law and as a matter of discretion in the interest of justice, and new trial ordered.
The trial court charged the jury that it must consider all the testimony, including the character evidence elicited by defendant, and that, if they concluded he was guilty, the character evidence could be no obstacle to the rendition of a guilty verdict. The court denied defendant's request to charge the jury in substance that character evidence, if believed...
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