People v. Zavarro

Memorandum. The judgment of conviction of defendant-appellant Isaac Zavarro should he affirmed.

The judgment of conviction of defendant-appellant Mark Zavarro should he reversed and a new trial ordered. Upon their joint trial for arson, neither defendant testified nor did either give a confession to police authorities. However, there was introduced in evidence an admission by the defendant Isaac Zavarro to a private party which implicated his brother Mark and which the trial judge instructed the jury was “ admissible only against the defendant who made it ”. Under settled principles, it was…