People v. Hicks

Appeal by defendant: (1) from a judgment of the County Court, Dutchess County, rendered May 26, 1959, convicting her, after a jury trial, of perjury in the second degree, and sentencing her to serve a term of 60 days; and (2) from each and every intermediate order. Judgment reversed on the law and a new trial ordered. The findings of fact implicit in the jury’s verdict are affirmed. With respect to the fundamental rule applicable to prosecutions for perjury, the Trial Judge failed to charge the jury that a conviction for perjury may not rest only upon the uncorroborated testimony of a single…