Legal Opinion
People v. Santillana
New York Supreme Court
Decided October 2, 1989PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Herbert Kramer, J.
Defendant moves to vacate his conviction for felony murder and criminal possession of a weapon pursuant to CPL article 440. The basis for the defendant’s motion is that he was *568denied effective assistance of counsel at trial, and that the admission of his codefendant’s confession implicating defendant denied him his right to confront the witness against him at trial, compelling vacatur under Cruz v New York (481 US 186 [1987]).
FACTS
Defendant was convicted, after a nonjury trial, of murder in the second degree and criminal possession of a weapon in the…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Bruton v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- United States v. BagleySupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Cruz v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- Parker v. RandolphSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- People v. MorenoNew York Court of Appeals · 1987
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