Legal Opinion

In re Devon G.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided December 29, 2009Published

1Opinion of the Court

There was sufficient evidence to satisfy the requirement that a confession be corroborated (see Family Ct Act § 344.2 [3]; Matter of Carmelo E., 57 NY2d 431, 433 [1982]). The police saw and heard a weapon fired four times from within a group that *675included appellant, they pursued appellant and apprehended him a block away, and they immediately found a revolver containing four empty shells and two live rounds along the path where appellant had run. This evidence amply corroborated appellant’s out of court confession that he carried the revolver after its discharge and discarded it while fleeing…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. In re Carmelo E.New York Court of Appeals · 1982
  2. In re Victor V.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2006

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