Judgment reversed, as a matter of discretion in the interest of justice, and new trial ordered.
It was error for the trial court to have permitted the prosecutor to elicit proof of crimes allegedly committed by defendant on other occasions, and for the prosecutor, on summation, to state: "Ladies and gentlemen, I submit to you that if you acquit the defendant you are in effect saying it's all right, sell drugs. It's all right, you can sell pills to get money to keep...
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