People v. Ciauri

OPINION OF THE COURT

Bernard J. Fried, J.

The defendants were tried for the crime of enterprise corruption. (Penal Law § 460.20 [1] [a].) At the conclusion of the trial, defendants moved for a trial order of dismissal. I reserved decision on this motion (CPL 290.10 [1]), and, now, defendants also move to set aside the verdict pursuant to CPL 330.30.

The primary issue is whether, in an enterprise corruption trial, each criminal act alleged in the pattern of criminal activity must be corroborated pursuant to CPL 60.22. This issue arose throughout the course of this trial in the context of the…