Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Andrew Riservato, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1976-01-19
Citations: 51 A.D.2d 561
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Andrew Riservato, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 51
Pages: 561–562

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Andrew Riservato, Appellant.

Opinion:
Appeal bydefendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County, rendered March 26, 1975, convicting him of the crime of attempted robbery in the first degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence. Judgment reversed, on the law and as a matter of discretion in the interest of justice, and new trial ordered. Defendant was denied a fair trial because (1) reference was made in the prosecutor's opening and closing remarks to a pretrial identification which had been suppressed upon consent of the prosecutor; (2) the trial court permitted testimony of that pretrial identification to be received in evidence; and (3) the trial court received in evidence an admission by a codefendant who did not testify, which admission implicated the defendant (Bruton v United States, 391 US 123). Rabin, Acting P. J., Hopkins, Latham, Margett and Christ, JJ., concur.