Judgment unanimously affirmed.
Memorandum:
The court erred in denying defense counsel the right to cross-examine the police officer with respect to exculpatory portions of defendant's statements which indicated that he had stabbed the victim in self-defense. When an inculpatory portion of a statement is admitted into evidence (defendant's statement that he stabbed the decedent during a dice game, that he meant to kill him, and that he hoped he was dead), the...
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