In re Robert M.

Order, Family Court of the State of New York, Bronx County, entered on April 1, 1971, unanimously modified, on the law, without costs and without disbursements, to the extent of dismissing the rape charge, and otherwise affirmed. The delinquency based on a finding of rape is insufficient as a matter of law. While we find sufficient corroborative evidence of the act itself, the record is devoid of corroboration of defendant’s identification. (People v. Shaw, 158 App. Div. 146.) Corroborative evidence, whether consisting of acts or admissions, must be of such a character and quality as tends to…