Judgment reversed, as an exercise of discretion in the interest of justice, and new trial ordered.
Despite extensive efforts to keep from the jury the knowledge that the defendant's codefendant had been convicted of murder one year earlier, this information found its way into the jury room and was discussed during deliberations (see People v Gardella,
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