People v. Weiss

The question raised on this appeal by permission is whether there was enough corroboration of accomplice testimony to support the judgment of conviction (Code Grim. Pro., § 399).

On May 16, 1954 at 8:00 p.m., a small grocery and fruit store in Brooklyn was looted at gun point. The police were able to apprehend the owner of the get-away car, who confessed to his participation in the holdup and implicated five others including Morris Weiss, the appellant.

At the time of Weiss’ trial four of the men had been convicted and were awaiting sentence, while a fifth remained a fugitive. Two of these men,…