CALIFORNIA EVIDENCE: CIVIL AND CRIMINAL
...Hearsay Exceptions re Statements
......Co-Defendant (Crim.) Admissions
.........Use: Dual Juries
3 Cards On This Topic:
  • Court properly solved Aranda/Bruton problem by using dual juries, with each jury excused at appropriate times to avoid exposure to co-D's extrajudicial statements.
  • 2 juries at joint trial permissible to prevent prejudice to one D by introduction of extrajudicial statements of co-D.
  • Use of dual juries if statement which violates Aranda cannot be "sanitized."