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Detective’s Testimony About Statement Made by Nontestifying Co-Defendant Violated Defendant’s Right of Confrontation

The Second Department reversed defendant’s conviction because a detective was allowed to testify about a statement made by a nontestifying codefendant in violation of the defendant’s right of confrontation under Crawford:

…[O]ver the defendant’s objection, the trial court allowed the prosecutor to elicit, from a detective, the statement of a nontestifying codefendant that the defendant was in the codefendant’s vehicle on the night of the incident. As the People correctly concede, this violated the defendant’s right of confrontation, secured to him by the Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution … . This error was compounded when, on summation, the prosecutor argued that the codefendant’s statement established the defendant’s presence at the scene of the incident. Since the remaining evidence establishing the defendant’s identity as one of the assailants was not overwhelming, the error cannot be deemed harmless beyond a reasonable doubt… . People v Andujar, 2013 NY Slip Op 02261, 2009-06561, Ind No 1124/06, 2nd Dept 4-3-13

 

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