People v. Bishop

Two of the witnesses called by the People were Harvin and Spicer. Harvin was a self-confessed accomplice and the court correctly charged the jury that defendant could not be convicted on the uncorroborated testimony of an accomplice. It was the contention of the People that Spicer was not an accomplice but an accessory after the fact. Defendant insisted that he was an accomplice as a matter of law. These questions the court left to the jury to decide and, under the proof adduced, this course was proper. (People v. Swersky, 216 N. Y. 471, 477; People v. Kate, 209 N. Y. 311, 332.)

The error that…