PEOPLE v. WEISS


7 N.Y.2d 139 (1959)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Morris Weiss, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided December 30, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald I. Laventhall, Florence M. Kelley and Jack Adelman for appellant.

Edward S. Silver, District Attorney (William I. Siegel and David Diamond of counsel), for respondent.

Chief Judge CONWAY and Judges DESMOND, FULD, VAN VOORHIS and BURKE concur with Judge DYE; Judge FROESSEL dissents and votes to reverse in a memorandum.


DYE, J.

The question raised on this appeal by permission is whether there was enough corroboration of accomplice testimony to support the judgment of conviction (Code Crim. 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...

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