Defendant was convicted of burglary in the third degree based upon his participation as a lookout in the theft of merchandise from a truck parked on a street. One officer's comment that the shopkeepers in the area knew defendant and his codefendant and knew that they stole constituted inadmissible hearsay as well as uncharged crimes evidence with no probative value except as to criminal propensity. This remark was highly prejudicial, despite the court's curative instruction...
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