Defendant Rocco Valinoti's conviction for buying, receiving and withholding stolen property (former Penal Law, § 1308) rests on the need to corroborate testimony against him of Richard Scuoteguazza who sold and delivered a stolen automobile to him. Scuoteguazza would, under the general rule, be an accomplice, whose testimony must be corroborated (Code Crim. Pro., § 399; People v. Sweeney...
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