Ordered that the judgment is reversed, on the law, and a new trial is ordered. No questions of fact have been raised or considered.
We find merit to the defendant's contention that the trial court committed reversible error in connection with its comments to the jury regarding the defendant's failure to take the witness stand. The trial court's instructions, which included language virtually identical to that condemned in People v Reid (
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