People v. Sledge
New York Supreme Court
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
- People v. ConaNew York Court of Appeals · 1979
- People v. BaschNew York Court of Appeals · 1975
- People v. GrudenNew York Court of Appeals · 1977
- People v. BerzupsNew York Court of Appeals · 1980
- People v. VatajNew York Court of Appeals · 1987
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3Cited by1 opinion
- People v. CruzAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2002