PEOPLE v. FAUST


73 N.Y.2d 828 (1988)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. William Faust, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided December 20, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel J. Rothstein and Sidney H. Stein for appellant.

Patrick Henry, District Attorney (Mark D. Cohen of counsel), for respondent.

Chief Judge WACHTLER and Judges SIMONS, KAYE, ALEXANDER, TITONE, HANCOCK, JR., and BELLACOSA concur.


MEMORANDUM.

The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed. Except where directly admissible against a defendant (see, Lee v Illinois, 476 U.S. 530), the admission, at a joint trial, of a nontestifying codefendant's confession implicating the defendant is a violation of the defendant's constitutional right to confront the witnesses against him (People v Cruz,

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