Ordered that the judgment is reversed, on the law, and a new trial is ordered.
As the People correctly concede on appeal, it was error for the trial court to admit evidence of the defendant's prior conviction for the possession of cocaine. Such evidence did not refute the defendant's claim that he had been framed by the police, but merely tended to show his criminal propensity (see, People v Crandall,
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