Judgment reversed, as a matter of discretion in the interest of justice, and new trial ordered.
The prosecutor elicited, and emphasized on summation, the fact that the sole defense witness had not reported to the police the fact that appellant allegedly had not been at the scene of the crime on the night in question. Such conduct has been held to be error and has been strongly condemned (see People v Mims,
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