Ordered that the judgment is reversed, on the law and as a matter of discretion in the interest of justice, and a new trial is ordered.
On the instant appeal, the defendant argues that the court committed reversible error in its instruction to the jury with regard to the defendant's failure to testify. We agree.
In its instruction on this issue, the court stated: "The law has given him the right in effect to say to the Prosecution prove your case against me...
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