(DOWNLOAD) "People State New York v. Michael Cunningham" by Court of Appeals of New York ~ Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: People State New York v. Michael Cunningham
- Author : Court of Appeals of New York
- Release Date : January 17, 1979
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 61 KB
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For reasons stated by the Appellate Division, there was sufficient evidence to corroborate the accomplice testimony. In addition to the evidence concerning the moneygram dispatched on September 10, 1974, many of the details of the accomplices narrative were corroborated by the defendants own testimony, as well as by that of other witnesses. The corroborative evidence, although it did not independently establish the elements of the offense, was more than legally necessary. Contrary to defendants argument, evidence corroborating accomplice testimony "need not prove the commission of the crime. It is enough if the evidence shown to connect the defendant with the crime [reasonably] satisfies the jury that the accomplice is telling the truth" (People v Arce, 42 N.Y.2d 179, 186; see, e.g., People v Daniels, 37 N.Y.2d 624, 629-630). Here, the independent evidence so harmonized "with the accomplices narrative as to have a tendency to furnish the necessary connection between the defendant and the crime" (People v Daniels, 37 N.Y.2d 624, 629).
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