Judgment unanimously reversed on the law and new trial granted.
Memorandum:
Defendant was denied his constitutional right to effective assistance of counsel by trial counsel's failure to challenge the admissibility of defendant's statement to the police on the ground that it was obtained through violation of Payton v New York (
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