Went years without hearing of The Bruton Rule. Now twice in the same week. So I found this: Synopsis of Rule of Law. When a co-defendant’s confession implicates a criminal defendant, and the co-defendant does not testify at trial, the admission of the confession violates the criminal defendant’s rights under the 6th amendment Confrontation Clause, even when jury instructions are given that instruct the jury to disregard the co-defendant’s confession in deciding the criminal defendant’s guilt.
Posted on: Fri, 28 Mar 2014 17:06:46 +0000
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