People v. Tucker’s Empirical Analysis

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2 state decisions

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1. ““. . . The rights of appellant were as well protected as it is possible to protect a codefendant in a criminal case against statements or admissions made by his codefendant. The jury was carefully and correctly instructed in this regard and we must assume in the absence of a contrary showing that the jurors heeded the instructions of the court. In People v. Burdg, 95 Cal.App. 259 , the court said at page 268 [ 272 P. 816 ] ; ‘It is true, the prosecution was allowed to introduce in evidence at the joint trial extrajudicial declarations made by the respective appellants out of the presence of the other, but this situation of itself does not give defendants jointly charged the absolute right to separate trials, because if such were the rule then in no case could there be a joint trial when part of the evidence against the joint defendants consisted of extrajudicial statements; furthermore, in the present case, the record discloses that in admitting said declarations the trial court in each instance carefully and properly instructed the jury to the effect that the rights of the absent party were to be in no way affected thereby; and we must presume, in the absence of a contrary showing, that the jury followed those instructions. (People v. Prather, 134 Cal. 436 [ 66 P. 589, 863 ].)' See also 4 Cal.Jur. 10-Yr. Supp. (1943 Rev.) 656, sec. 194, and the cases of People v. Matthew, 194 Cal. 273 [ 228 P. 424 ] ; People v. Yeager, 194 Cal. 452 [ 229 P. 40 ] ; People v. Jordan, 24 Cal.Ap”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. People v. Brimmage