People v. Epps

Opinion

SIMS, J.

Appellant has appealed from a judgment of conviction which, subject to the provisions of Penal Code section 1168, sentenced him to state prison following jury verdicts that found him and a codefendant each guilty of burglary in the second degree. He contends: (1) that in violation of principles set down in Bruton v. United States (1968) 391 U.S. 123 [20 L.Ed.2d 476, 88 S.Ct. 1620], he was denied due process of law and confrontation of witnesses because his codefendant’s out-of-court statement implicating him was admitted in evidence at a trial where his codefendant did not take…