People v. Cardona

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Budd Goodman, J.), rendered December 14, 1995, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of assault in the second degree, and sentencing him to a term of 1 to 3 years, unanimously affirmed. The matter is remanded to Supreme Court, New York County, for further proceedings pursuant to CPL 460.50 (5).

By making only a general objection to the introduction of a severed, nontestifying codefendant’s statement during the People’s cross-examination of defendant, defendant failed to preserve for appellate review his claim that his right of confrontation (cf.,…