ON REHEARING
PER CURIAM.
We grant rehearing, withdraw our previous opinion, and now reverse appellant's conviction and direct a new trial because of the trial court's erroneous refusal to sever the trial of appellant from that of his codefendant.
It was error under prevailing law to admit both defendants' statements in a joint trial, where each defendant's confession pointed the finger at the other; both denied in their statements participation in...
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