SHANGLER, Presiding Judge.
The defendant was convicted of murder in the second degree and sentenced to a term of eighteen years according to the verdict of the jury. On this appeal the defendant contends that the comment of the prosecutor in closing argument that the self-defense story asserted at the trial was not told to the police at the time of arrest violated his privilege against self-incrimination. We agree and reverse and remand.
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