Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York November 10, 1987 (People v. Hamlin)

OPINION OF THE COURT

Boomer, J.

After a joint trial the jury found defendant, Hamlin, and his codefendants, Green and Brown, guilty of murdering Brown’s wife. Defendant Hamlin appeals asserting two principal grounds for reversál: (1) that the court erred in denying his motion for a separate trial and in receiving in evidence the confession of codefendant Green (see, Bruton v United States, 391 US