People v. Phillips

Appeal by defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County, rendered February 23, 1978, convicting him of robbery *928in the first degree (two counts), burglary in the first degree and coercion in the first degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence. Judgment reversed, on the law and as a matter of discretion in the interest of justice, and new trial ordered. While we are not convinced that the admission of the codefendant’s redacted statements to the arresting detective, made out of the presence of defendant, was violative of defendant’s constitutional right to confront…