People v. Linzy

Once again we have before us the issue of how much corroborative evidence is legally sufficient to support a conviction for rape. In my opinion, neither precedent nor the raison d’etre of the corroboration requirement sanction the result reached by the majority.

Section 130.15 of the Penal Law provides that, except for the offense of sexual abuse in the third degree (§ 130.55), a defendant may not be convicted of any offense defined in article 130 or of an attempt to commit the same, solely on the uncorroborated testimony of the alleged victim. The People must establish, therefore, in every…