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56 St. Mary's L.J. 1 (2025)

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   IT  WAS THE DEATH OF BRUTON, IT WAS
         THE BIRTH OF BRUTON- WHY
     CONFRONTATION DISMANTLED THE
   BRUTONRULE, AND HOW DUE PROCESS
                       CAN SAVE IT


                       NoAM KoZLOV*



 I.   In tro d u ctio n ............................................................................................... 2
 II.  The D evelopm ent of Bruton  .............................................................. .  5
      A . B ruton's  P redecessors.................................................................. .   5
      B.  The Bruton Decision-Combining Douglas and Jackson to
          O verturn D el//  Paoi ..................................................................... . 7
      C.  The Scope of pre-Crawford Bruton ............................................. 9
III.  Post-Crawford   Bruton  Jurisprudence.......................................................11
      A.  The Erosion of Nontestimonial Bruton........................................11
      B.  Samia v. United States - Restructuring Testimonial Bruton.....15
IV .  Introducing   D ue  P rocess .......................................................................19
      A . D ue Process and  Jury  Prejudice....................................................20
 V .  Bruton and D ue  Process Reasoning......................................................24
VI.   Due Process, Bruton, and Nontestimonial Confessions ............... 33


   Judicial Clerk, Supreme Court of Israel. LLB, Hebrew University School of Law; BA, Hebrew
University of Jeruselum. I am deeply indebted to Professor Rivka Weill, Professor Adi Leibovich, and
Supreme Court Judge Yosef Elron, for their leadership and instruction in my professional journey.
Many thanks to the students who worked on Volume 56 of the St. Mary's Law Journal for their
excellent editorial support.


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