knew the deceased frequently carried a gun, so he shot the deceased. He was asked on cross-examination how long he had been in the business of selling narcotics and he denied ever selling any but admitted that he was a narcotics addict. He was then asked whether he had been previously asked how much he made per week from selling narcotics and whether he had replied that he made about $300 per week. He denied making that statement. He was also asked on cross-examination whether he had previously admitted selling heroin and he denied making any such admission.
In rebutal, Officer Baborsky testified that following the defendant's arrest he admitted selling heroin and told the officer that he made about $300 per week from such sales.
In the prosecution's finalargument, the defendant was referred to as a dope peddler. The prosecution admitted that most of the witnesses in the case were pretty sordid characters but asked the jury who was worse, the man who *596 was dead and who stole to satisfy his narcotics habit, or the man who supplied the narcotics. It was argued that the defendant killed the deceased because the deceased had informed the police concerning the defendant's narcotics sales. The prosecutor closed the argument to the jury by recommending a sentence of 100 years, stating that he wanted the word to get back to the narcotics circles throughout the community that narcotics sellers could not take the law into their own hands. The prosecutor told the jury that the narcotics traffic was responsible