Legal Opinion

People v. Sledge

New York Supreme Court

Decided August 27, 1987PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

*706OPINION OF THE COURT

Michael R. Juviler, J.

May a witness be an accomplice to a felony murder and not to the intentional murder of the same victim? This appears to be a case of first impression on this question.

This is an opinion explaining a decision denying a request to charge that Jermel Isaac, a witness for the prosecution at the defendant’s trial, was an accomplice as a matter of law for all the charges submitted to the jury, and therefore that his testimony required corroboration. I ruled that it was a question of fact for the jury whether Isaac was an accomplice to felony murder, and…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. People v. ConaNew York Court of Appeals · 1979
  2. People v. BaschNew York Court of Appeals · 1975
  3. People v. GrudenNew York Court of Appeals · 1977
  4. People v. BerzupsNew York Court of Appeals · 1980
  5. People v. VatajNew York Court of Appeals · 1987

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3Cited by1 opinion

  1. People v. CruzAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2002

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