Supreme Court· 6/17/1968

Bruton v. United States

Citations

391 U.S. 123
88 S. Ct. 1620
20 L. Ed. 2d 476
1968 U.S. LEXIS 1630

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holding that admission of confession directly inculpating codefend-ant in joint trial violated codefendant’s confrontation rights
holding that admission of confession directly inculpating codefendant in joint trial violated codefendant's confrontation rights
holding that the introduction at a joint trial of a nontestifying defendant’s statements that implicate a code-fendant constitutes prejudicial error
holding that admission of codefendant's statements violated Confrontation Clause if defendant had no opportunity to cross-examine because codefendant did not testify
holding that the admission of non-testifying co-defendant’s confession incriminating defendant, even with jury instructions to consider confession only against the co-defendant, violates the Confrontation Clause
holding that admission of nontestifying codefendant’s confession at a joint trial may violate a defendant’s confrontation rights if defendant is expressly incriminated

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Judges: Brennan, Stewart, White, Paoli, Marshall, Denno

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