PEOPLE v. LEON


265 A.D.2d 344 (1999)

696 N.Y.S.2d 221

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. LUIS LEON, Appellant.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Second Department.

Decided October 4, 1999.


Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

Contrary to the defendant's contention, he was not unduly prejudiced by being tried jointly with the codefendant (see, CPL 200.40 [1]). "[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 Mahboubian...

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