LEVIN, J.
The question presented is whether on the facts in this record the admission in evidence at the defendant's pre-Bruton trial of the confessional statement of a nontestifying codefendant was harmless beyond a reasonable doubt. We conclude that it was not harmless and grant a new trial.
I.
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