Judgment unanimously reversed, on the law, and a new trial granted.
Memorandum:
It was reversible error for the court, in the absence of independent proof of fabrication, to instruct the jury that it could consider as some evidence of guilt a possible false alibi (People v Russell, 266 N.Y. 147; People v Abdul-Malik,
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