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COM. v. BROWN

925 A.2d 147 (2007)

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellant, v. Terry BROWN a/k/a Antonio Lambert, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided June 26, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hugh J. Burns, Jr., Philadelphia, Jonathan M. Levy, for Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

Fortunato N. Perri, Jr., Philadelphia, S. Philip Steinberg, for Terry Brown.

CAPPY, C.J., CASTILLE, NIGRO, NEWMAN, SAYLOR, EAKIN, BAER, JJ.

OPINION

Justice CASTILLE.

In Bruton v. United States, 391 U.S. 123, 88 S.Ct. 1620, 20 L.Ed.2d 476 (1968), the U.S. Supreme Court held that a defendant "is deprived of his rights under the Confrontation Clause when his nontestifying codefendant's confession naming him as a participant in the crime is introduced at their joint trial, even if the jury is instructed to consider that confession only against the codefendant...

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