Unanimously reversed.
Defendant-appellant, not having been apprehended for some time after the alleged crime, identification was an important issue, particularly as there was but one eye-witness. Thus, when defendant was brought into the witness' presence in handcuffs and was identified by his accuser, the policeman who observed this scene should not have been permitted to describe it in his testimony. (See People v Trowbridge,
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