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JOINDER OF DEFENDANT AND CO-DEFENDANT FOR TRIAL WAS LAWFUL BUT, BECAUSE OF IRRECONCILABLE DEFENSES, JOINDER RESULTED IN DENIAL OF DEFENDANT’S RIGHT TO A FAIR TRIAL.

The Second Department, reversing defendant’s conviction, determined defendant should not have been jointly tried with a co-defendant because of an irreconcilable conflict between his defense, and that of the co-defendant:

Where, as here, joinder is lawful, because the defendant and the codefendant were “jointly charged with every offense alleged” in their separate indictments, and “all the offenses charged [were] based upon the same criminal transaction” … , a defendant’s motion for a separate trial is “addressed to the discretion of the trial court, which may for good cause shown’ order severance. Good cause under the statute includes, but is not limited to, a finding that a defendant will be unduly prejudiced by a joint trial'” … . “[A] strong public policy favors joinder, because it expedites the judicial process, reduces court congestion, and avoids the necessity of recalling witnesses” … . However, “compromise of a defendant’s fundamental right to a fair trial free of undue prejudice as the quid pro quo for the mere expeditious disposition of criminal cases will not be tolerated” … . ” [S]everance is compelled where the core of each defense is in irreconcilable conflict with the other and where there is a significant danger, as both defenses are portrayed to the trial court, that the conflict alone would lead the jury to infer defendant’s guilt'” … . People v Lessane, 2016 NY Slip Op 05765, 2nd Dept 8-10-16

CRIMINAL LAW (JOINDER OF DEFENDANT AND CO-DEFENDANT FOR TRIAL WAS LAWFUL BUT, BECAUSE OF IRRECONCILABLE DEFENSES, JOINDER RESULTED IN DENIAL OF DEFENDANT’S RIGHT TO A FAIR TRIAL)/EVIDENCE (CRIMINAL LAW, JOINDER OF DEFENDANT AND CO-DEFENDANT FOR TRIAL WAS LAWFUL BUT, BECAUSE OF IRRECONCILABLE DEFENSES, JOINDER RESULTED IN DENIAL OF DEFENDANT’S RIGHT TO A FAIR TRIAL)/JOINDER (CRIMINAL LAW, JOINDER OF DEFENDANT AND CO-DEFENDANT FOR TRIAL WAS LAWFUL BUT, BECAUSE OF IRRECONCILABLE DEFENSES, JOINDER RESULTED IN DENIAL OF DEFENDANT’S RIGHT TO A FAIR TRIAL)

August 10, 2016
Tags: Second Department
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