Parker v. Randolph

Mr. Justice Stevens, with whom Mr. Justice Brennan and Mr. Justice Marshall join,

dissenting.

As Mr. Justice Blackmun makes clear, ante, at 77-78, proper analysis of this case requires that we differentiate between (1) a conclusion that there was no error under the rule of Bruton v. United States, 391 U. S. 123, and (2) a conclusion that even if constitutional error was committed, the possibility that inadmissible evidence contributed to the conviction is so remote that we may characterize the error as harmless. Because Mr. Justice Blackmun properly rejects the first conclusion, my area of…