Judgment reversed, as a matter of discretion in the interest of justice, and new trial ordered.
Appellant was deprived of a fair trial for three reasons. First, the prosecutor in his summation referred to the statements of the two indicted codefendants made at the time of their pleas of guilty to the crime for which appellant was on trial. Only the statement of one was in evidence and that for the limited purpose of impeaching the witness' credibility. Second, the...
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