People v. Croney
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Bernstein, J.), rendered June 10, 1982, convicting him of murder in the second degree and criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
Judgment affirmed.
The court properly exercised its discretion in denying the defendant’s motion to sever his case from that of his codefendant.
The so-called Bruton rule (Bruton v United States, 391 US 123) is not implicated where one defendant confesses and testifies at the joint trial (People v Payne, 35 NY2d 22). Thus, since the…
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- People v. PayneNew York Court of Appeals · 1974
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