People v. Latzer

OPINION OF THE COURT

Memorandum.

The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed.

Defendant was convicted upon a plea of guilty to two counts of endangering the welfare of a child after County Court had denied his motion to dismiss a multiple count indictment on grounds of insufficiency of evidence before the Grand Jury or, alternatively, as violative of the constitutional prohibition against ex post facto laws.

The essence of his claim is that the elimination of the corroboration requirement of Penal Law § 130.16, applied to crimes he committed prior to the effective date of the…