People v. Tusa
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Hooper, J.
The principal issue to be addressed on appeal is whether the court properly declined to charge the jury—as requested by the defendant—that two prosecution witnesses be deemed accomplices as a matter of law for the purposes of the corroboration requirements set forth in CPL 60.22. For the reasons that follow, we conclude that the court properly determined that the status of the two witnesses as accomplices represented an issue for the jury’s resolution and, accordingly, we affirm.
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The facts, insofar as pertinent, disclose that on July 6, 1985, the defendant Frank…
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