Judgment unanimously reversed on the law and new trial granted.
Memorandum:
Defendant contends that the trial court should have set aside the jury's verdict because one of the jurors looked for defense counsel's name in the telephone book and concluded that, because counsel was a private attorney, counsel was being paid by defendant and defendant, therefore, must have sold drugs to be able to afford a private attorney. The juror imparted that conclusion to...
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