PEOPLE v. JOHNSON

No. 25

27 N.Y.3d 60 (2016)

49 N.E.3d 1143

29 N.Y.S.3d 851

2016 NY Slip Op 02282

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Appellant, v. KEITH JOHNSON, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of New York.

Decided March 29, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert T. Johnson , District Attorney, Bronx ( Noah J. Chamoy and Joseph N. Ferdenzi of counsel), for appellant.

Robert S. Dean , Center for Appellate Litigation, New York City ( David J. Klem of counsel), for respondent.

Chief Judge DIFIORE and Judges ABDUS-SALAAM and FAHEY concur; Judge PIGOTT dissents in an opinion in which Judges STEIN and GARCIA concur.


OPINION OF THE COURT

On this appeal by the People, we conclude that a defendant's Sixth Amendment right of confrontation as recognized under Bruton v United States (391 U.S. 123 [1968]) and its progeny is violated when a court admits into...

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