Judgment unanimously reversed on the law and new trial granted.
Memorandum:
Defendant contends and the People candidly concede that a new trial is warranted because the police violated defendant's right to counsel by contacting defendant during trial and because the prosecutor used information obtained from that contact in cross-examining defendant and on summation (see generally, People v Samuels,
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