Ordered that the judgment is reversed, on the law, and a new trial is ordered. No questions of fact have been raised or considered.
Because several of the trial court's instructions to the jury with respect to the decision of the defendant not to testify were prejudicial, and because the errors in those instructions were further compounded by an improper remark made during summation by the prosecutor, the defendant was deprived of a fair trial.
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