People v. Porcaro

Fttld, J. (concurring).

I agree with Judge Vah Voobhis for reversal both in this case and in People v. Oyóla (6 N Y 2d 259), but I would place my decision upon the ground that, as matter of law, no conviction for impairing the morals of a child may validly rest on the uncorroborated testimony of the child victim. Indeed, I have long believed that such was the law. (See, e.g., People v. Meyers, 309 N. Y. 837; People v. Rosen, 293 N. Y. 683; People v. Derner, 288 N. Y. 599; People v. Slaughter, 278 N. Y. 479; People v. Churgin, 261 N. Y. 661.) The need for such a rule is obvious for, as Wigmore…