Of the various errors claimed by defendant-appellant, three stand out to the extent that their sum cannot be deemed harmless in possible effect. An irrelevant statement by defendant as to the availability of cocaine was characterized by the court in the charge as an admission. Testimony was permitted by a detective concerning the hearsay statement made by an unidentified person two days after the arrest at the bar which was its scene, connected with defendant by the latter...
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