People v. Smith

Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Warren County (Moynihan, Jr., J.), rendered November 6, 1991, upon a verdict convicting defendant of the crime of manslaughter in the first degree.

The principal issue on this appeal is whether the prosecution presented sufficient evidence in addition to defendant’s confession to meet the corroboration requirements of CPL 60.50. A review of the record establishes that on August 16, 1988 a badly decomposed body, later determined to be that of a 21-year-old woman (hereinafter the victim), was found in a heavily wooded area adjacent to the northbound…