Opinion ID: 476313
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 3

Heading: The Error and the Redacting Procedure

Text: 13 The record shows that out-of-court statements of a codefendant who did not testify at trial were admitted and that they implicated Herd. This raises the classic problem of Bruton v. United States, 391 U.S. 123, 88 S.Ct. 1620, 20 L.Ed.2d 476 (1968). The State argues that the trial judge's order to remove all references to Herd by name sufficed to cleanse the testimony so that there was no Bruton error. The State cites numerous cases in which courts in other circuits have approved this redacting procedure. See, e.g., United States v. Madison, 689 F.2d 1300, 1309 (7th Cir.1982), cert. denied, 459 U.S. 1117, 103 S.Ct. 754, 79 L.Ed.2d 971 (1983). The district court was apparently of the same view even though it noted the procedure did not remove all possibility of prejudice.