State v. Boozer, 210 N.C. App. 371 (Mar. 15, 2011)

No Bruton issue occurred when the trial court admitted a co-defendant’s admission to police that “I only hit that man twice.” A co-defendant’s statement which does not mention or refer to the defendant does not implicate the Confrontation Clause or Bruton. Here, the co-defendant’s statement did not mention the defendant and thus its admission did not implicate his constitutional rights. 

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