Ordered that the judgment is reversed, on the law, and a new trial is ordered. No questions of fact have been raised or considered.
As the People concede, the trial court committed reversible error when it failed to charge the jury, as requested by the defendant's trial counsel, to draw no inference from the defendant's failure to testify (see, CPL 300.10 [2]; People v Britt,
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