Judgment affirmed.
We hold that defendant has had a fair trial. We express a word of caution, however, with regard to the preliminary statement made to the jurors by the trial court before either side opened to the jury. In that statement, he said that "the attorneys will give you their opening statements" and that defendant and his witnesses were "interested" witnesses. In the context of this record, we do not find the statement sufficiently prejudicial to warrant...
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