People v. Rogriguez

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Ira Beal, J.), rendered September 28, 1993, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree, and sentencing him to a term of 1 to 3 years, unanimously affirmed.

Although the statement of the nontestifying codefendant should not have been admitted at the joint trial (Bruton v United States, 391 US 123; People v Wheeler, 62 NY2d 867), the error in its admission was harmless beyond a reasonable doubt in light of the overwhelming evidence of defendant’s guilt, including the unequivocal identification…