People v Williams, 42 NY3d at 1049 (2024)

2024 NY Slip Op 05818 [42 NY3d 1049]
November 21, 2024
Court of Appeals

[*1]

In the Matter of The People of the State of New York, Respondent,
v
Brandon Williams, Appellant.

Argued October 16, 2024; decided November 21, 2024

People v Williams, 204 AD3d 704, affirmed.

{**42 NY3d at 1049} OPINION OF THE COURT

Memorandum.

The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed.

Assuming, without deciding, that the introduction of codefendant’s statement was a Bruton error (see Bruton v United States, 391 US 123 [1968]), any such error was harmless. The evidence of defendant’s guilt, specifically the incriminating testimony of two acquaintances who were eyewitnesses to the{**42 NY3d at 1050} crime, was overwhelming and there is no reasonable possibility that the admission of codefendant’s statement affected the verdict (see People v Cedeno, 27 NY3d 110, 121-122 [2016]; People v Hardy, 4 NY3d 192, 198 [2005]; People v Crimmins, 36 NY2d 230, 241 [1975]).

Chief Judge Wilson and Judges Rivera, Garcia, Singas, Cannataro, Troutman and Halligan concur.

Order affirmed, in a memorandum.