Legal Opinion
Adams v. State
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided March 2, 1984No. Nos. 82-1643, 82-2258PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GRIMES, Acting Chief Judge.
This appeal highlights problems which are often encountered when confessions are introduced into evidence in a joint criminal trial.
Appellants Adams and Passarella were charged with the first degree murder of James Wylie. The appellants unsuccessful*1133ly sought to sever their trials on the premise that the state intended to introduce confessions of each of them which implicated the other in violation of Bruton v. United States, 391 U.S. 123, 88 S.Ct. 1620, 20 L.Ed.2d 476 (1968). At their trial both the confessions were admitted into evidence over objection but the jury…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Bruton v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Schneble v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Parker v. RandolphSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- United States of America Ex Rel. Carlos Ortiz, 59524 v. Harold Fritz, Superintendent of Auburn Correctional Facility, Auburn, New YorkCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1973
- Damon v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1981
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Brownlee v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1985
- Cipollina v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1986