Judgment reversed, on the law and as a matter of discretion in the interest of justice, and new trial ordered.
After securing a favorable Sandoval ruling precluding the prosecution from inquiring into defendant's prior conviction, defense counsel himself asked the defendant if he ever had been convicted of a crime. The defendant, apparently believing, on the basis of the Sandoval ruling, that he did not have to admit the conviction, answered the question...
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