People v. Compitiello
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
— Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Leahy, J.), rendered May 21, 1984, convicting him of receiving a reward for official misconduct in the second degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
Judgment affirmed, and matter remitted to the Supreme Court, Queens County, for further proceedings pursuant to CPL 460.50 (5).
"[I]t is clear that severance is not required solely because of hostility between the defendants, differences in their trial strategies or inconsistencies in their defenses. It must appear that a joint trial necessarily will, or…
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