Constitutional Law,
Criminal,
Law Practice
Mar. 24, 2015
Bruton rule in a post-Crawford world
Acquaint yourself with limits to admission of a defendant's statements in multiple defendant trials, and to explore redaction as a way to permit statements to be admitted in a joint trial.
Van Nuys Courthouse West
Thomas Rubinson
Judge
Los Angeles County Superior Court
felony and misdemeanor trials
UCLA School of Law, 1990
Prior to Crawford v. Washington, 541 U.S. 36 (2004), the admissibility of a defendant's statements in a trial involving multiple defendants was assessed under Bruton v. United States, 391 U.S. 123 (2004). Crawford now dictates that, if the declarant defendant's statements are testimonial, they must be excluded from the trial, and regardless of the Bruton rule, if the statements are nontestimonial, the U.S. Constitution does not require they be excluded. Noneth...
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