Hampton

Introduction

Appellant Charles Hampton robbed a Burger King restaurant; appellant Darrell Williams drove the getaway car. Tried jointly, they were both convicted by a jury of robbery, with findings as to Hampton that he personally used a firearm, and as to Williams that a principal was armed with a firearm.

The court admitted into evidence Hampton’s custodial confession to police concerning his commission of the robbery, with instructions to the jury that it was not admissible against Williams. Hampton’s confession was carefully edited to omit any mention of Williams or of Williams’s participation. We conclude the editing was sufficient to prevent Hampton’s confession from powerfully implicating Williams. Therefore its admission into evidence with a limiting instruction did not violate Williams’s federal constitutional right to confront witnesses against him. We also find no error in the trial court’s instruction on credibility of an immunized witness or the trial court’s award of presentence conduct credits as to Hampton. We affirm *713 the judgments after modifying them to include a mandatory parole revocation fine.

Factual and Procedural Background

Testimony of…