Ordered that the judgments are reversed, on the law, and a new trial is ordered.
The defendant correctly contends that the prosecutor's cross-examination violated his Sixth Amendment right of confrontation by using a confession by a nontestifying codefendant, who was tried separately. While the prosecutor did not attempt to introduce the entire confession into evidence, he repeatedly referred to and read from the statement, including portions which implicated the...
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