People v. Ramos
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Hopkins, J. P.
The defendant’s chief complaint against his conviction is the failure of the court to charge that one of the prosecution’s witnesses was an accomplice of the defendant, and that under the statute the testimony of an accomplice must be corrobo*749rated (see CPL 60.22). No request was made of the court for that charge by the defendant and no exception was taken by the defendant to the court’s failure to charge in accordance with the statute.
We hold that the failure of the court to charge the jury as required by statute is reversible error. Hence, the judgment must…
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