People v. Green

— Judgment unanimously affirmed. Memorandum: Defendant was tried jointly with Kurtis Brown and Thaxton Hamlin and the facts of this vicious murder are set forth in the opinions in People v Hamlin (131 AD2d 200, affd 71 NY2d 750). We conclude that the Bruton error was harmless. The proof of defendant’s guilt was just as overwhelming as was the proof of Hamlin’s guilt and there was no possibility that the jury’s assessment of defendant’s guilt was *956affected by the statements of Brown and Hamlin (see, People v Hamlin, 71 NY2d 750, 758-759, supra).

We find no merit to defendant’s contention that…