Legal Opinion
People v. . Kupperschmidt
New York Court of Appeals
Decided February 26, 1924PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Pound, J.:
Penal Daw, section 2, defines “ principal ” as follows:
“ Principal. A person concerned in the commission of a crime, whether he directly commits the act constituting the offense or aids and abets in its commission, and whether present or absent, and a person who directly or indirectly counsels, commands, induces or procures another to commit a crime, is a ‘ principal.’ ”
Code Criminal Procedure, section 399, provides:
“ A conviction cannot be had upon the testimony of an accomplice, unless he he corroborated by such other evidence as tends to connect the defendant with the commission…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Dunn v. . the PeopleNew York Court of Appeals · 1864
- Leon v. StateArizona Supreme Court · 1920
- People v. ZimmerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1916
- People v. HydeAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1913
- People v. WeisenbergerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1902
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3Cited by27 opinions
- United States v. ScolesUnited States Court of Military Appeals · 1963
- People v. BrooksNew York Court of Appeals · 1974
- Yeargain v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1935
- People v. RandallNew York Court of Appeals · 1961
- State v. CorolesUtah Supreme Court · 1929
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