PEOPLE v. TUSA


137 A.D.2d 151 (1988)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Frank A. Tusa, Appellant

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

May 16, 1988


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Vivian Shevitz for appellant.

Patrick Henry, District Attorney (Patricia A. Murphy of counsel), for respondent.

MOLLEN, P. J., LAWRENCE and WEINSTEIN, JJ., concur.


KOOPER, J.

The principal issue to be addressed on appeal is whether the court properly declined to charge the jury — as requested by the defendant — that two prosecution witnesses be deemed accomplices as a matter of law for the purposes of the corroboration requirements set forth in CPL 60.22. For the reasons that follow, we conclude that the court properly determined that the status of the two...

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