Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
The defendant claims that the independent evidence tending to connect him with the crime, as required by CPL 60.22 (1), was legally insufficient to corroborate the testimony of the accomplice. We disagree. The independent corroborative evidence need only "tend * * * to connect" the defendant to the commission of the crime charged; it need not prove that he committed it (CPL 60.22 [1]; People v Hudson,
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