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- Title
Bruton on Balance: Standardizing Redacted Codefendant Confessions Through Federal Rule of Evidence 403.
- Authors
Dodson, Margaret
- Abstract
The article discusses the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in the 1968 case Bruton v. United States which deals with a potential violation of the American Constitution's Sixth Amendment as a result of the introduction of a confession from a non-testifying defendant (declarant-defendant) during a joint criminal trial, and it mentions the author's recommendation regarding redacted codefendant confessions under Rule 403 of the U.S. Federal Rules of Evidence. Admissible evidence is also examined.
- Subjects
BRUTON v. United States (Supreme Court case); CONFESSION (Law); LEGAL status of defendants; CRIMINAL evidence; FEDERAL Rules of Evidence (U.S.); JOINT trials (Law); LEGAL status of criminal defendants; ADMISSIBLE evidence; CRIMINAL trials -- Law &; legislation; UNITED States. Constitution. 6th Amendment; CRIMINAL evidence laws; ACTIONS &; defenses (Law)
- Publication
Vanderbilt Law Review, 2016, Vol 69, Issue 3, p803
- ISSN
0042-2533
- Publication type
Article