Legal Opinion
People v. Eastman
New York Court of Appeals
Decided February 21, 1995PublishedCited by 72 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*268OPINION OF THE COURT
Ciparick, J.
On this appeal, defendant collaterally attacks his conviction contending that it was obtained in violation of his Sixth Amendment right of confrontation as delineated in Cruz v New York (481 US 186) issued by the Supreme Court after his conviction became final. In Cruz, the Supreme Court held that the Confrontation Clause bars the introduction of a confession of a nontestifying codefendant, not directly admissible against the defendant, that inculpates the defendant. The issues before us are whether Cruz should be accorded retroactive effect and, if so, whether…
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