PEOPLE v. POTENZA


92 A.D.2d 21 (1983)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Rocco D. Potenza, Appellant

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Fourth Department.

February 28, 1983


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lipsitz, Green, Fahringer, Roll, Schuller & James (Paul J. Cambria and Robert M. Murphy of counsel; Mary Good on the brief), for appellant.

Richard J. Arcara, District Attorney (John DeFranks and Kurt T. Sajda of counsel), for respondent.

CALLAHAN, DENMAN, BOOMER and MOULE, JJ., concur.


HANCOCK, JR., J.

Defendant, formerly a lawyer in Buffalo, was convicted after a nonjury trial of bribing Richard M. Mancuso, an Erie County Assistant District Attorney, in connection with a consumer fraud case involving defendant's clients. The principal witness against defendant was his accomplice, Mancuso, who had pleaded guilty to bribery in other matters. At issue is whether the evidence offered to corroborate the testimony of the accomplice Mancuso...

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