Legal Opinion

People v. Alexander

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided June 12, 1989Published

1Opinion of the Court

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Westchester County (McMahon, J.), rendered March 22, 1985, as amended by a judgment of the same court, rendered April 29, 1985, convicting her of robbery in the first degree and assault in the second degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment, as amended, is affirmed.

The defendant contends that the admission into evidence of her nontestifying codefendant’s confession violated her rights under the Confrontation Clause (Bruton v United States, 391 US 123). While the Confrontation Clause bars the…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. People v. SuitteAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1982
  2. Bruton v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  3. People v. CrimminsNew York Court of Appeals · 1975
  4. Harrington v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  5. Cruz v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1987

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