Legal Opinion
People v. Adams
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided December 22, 1995PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
—Judgment unanimously affirmed. Memorandum: Defendant contends that his conviction for various offenses stemming from eight robberies between January and September 1992 must be reversed because the accomplice testimony was insufficiently corroborated. We disagree. Corroborative evidence need only connect defendant with the crime in such a way that the jury may be reasonably satisfied that the accomplice is telling the truth (see, People v Glasper, 52 NY2d 970, 971). "The corroborative glue does not require independent proof of the elements of the crime to sustain a conviction; it just has to…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- People v. BrelandNew York Court of Appeals · 1994
- People v. GlasperNew York Court of Appeals · 1981
- People v. GoldfeldAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1977
- People v. VaccaroAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1995
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