Bruton error
Bruton error 〈美〉布鲁顿错误 在对共同犯罪的被告人进行合并审判〔joint trial〕时发生的一种错误，即在共同被告人〔codefendant〕未在法庭上作证，且被告人主张自己无罪的情况下，将共同被告人所作的牵涉到被告人的认罪供述〔confession〕作为证据采纳。它侵犯了被告人享有的与对己不利的证人对质〔confrontation〕的宪法性权利。该名称得自于布鲁顿诉美国〔Bruton v. United States〕一案。
BRUTON ERROR
bruton error
Bruton error (broot-[schwa]n). The violation of a criminal defendant’s constitutional right of confrontation by admitting into evidence a nontestifying codefendant’s confession that implicates both of them, where the statement is not admissible against the defendant under any exception to the hearsay rule. • The error is not cured by a limiting instruction to the jury