COM. v. TRAVERS


768 A.2d 845 (2001)

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee, v. Otto TRAVERS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided March 26, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Moira Dunworth, Philadelphia, for Otto Travers.

Catherine Marshall, William G. Young, Philadelphia, for Com.

Before: FLAHERTY, C.J., and ZAPPALA, CAPPY, CASTILLE, NIGRO, NEWMAN and SAYLOR,, JJ.


OPINION

CASTILLE, Justice.

This Court granted allowance of appeal in this matter to consider whether the redaction of a non-testifying co-defendant's confession in a joint trial, which replaced any direct reference to the defendant with the words "the other man," when accompanied by an appropriate cautionary charge, was sufficient to protect the defendant's Sixth Amendment confrontation clause rights under...

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