Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
The trial court properly precluded the introduction of the defendant's exculpatory statement as part of the defense case. The defendant did not testify and, instead, proposed to offer the statement through the testimony of another defense witness.
The law does not permit the defendant to avoid taking the witness stand and to avoid being cross-examined by allowing his story to be presented through the hearsay testimony...
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