Affirmed.
As the District Attorney acknowledged with commendable candor, it was improper for the trial assistant in his summation to invite the jury's attention to the circumstance that the defendant had been intermittently napping during the trial and to invite the jury to consider that in reference to the character of a defendant who had not testified. When considered in the context of the entire summation, and the evidence adduced at the trial, this error does...
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