Statements contained in a plea allocution of a codefendant may, in limited circumstances, be received in evidence as a declaration against penal interest to establish an element of the crime charged against defendant.
After two chain-snatching incidents on 44th Street near Seventh Avenue in Manhattan, defendant and his codefendant (James Rucker) were indicted for robbery and attempted robbery...
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