People v. La Ruffa

— Appeal from a judgment of the County Court, Kings County, convicting appellant of murder in the second degree, and from intermediate orders, including an order denying a motion for a separate trial and an order denying a motion to set aside the verdict and for a new trial. Over objections by La Ruffa’s attorney there were received in evidence statements made by his codefendant Gioiosa, in which Gioiosa attempted to exculpate himself, and accused La Ruffa of the murder of one Sorrentino, the crime of which both Gioiosa and La Ruffa were accused. This evidence was received as against Gioiosa…