PEOPLE v. CHICO


233 A.D.2d 245 (1996)

650 N.Y.S.2d 150

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Yvette Chico, Appellant

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

November 26, 1996


The evidence that defendant witnessed a person commit a class A felony, and that defendant, on at least two occasions, rendered criminal assistance to that person by warning him of impending discovery or apprehension, was legally sufficient to support a finding of defendant's guilt of hindering prosecution in the first degree (Penal Law §§ 205.65, 205.50 [2]).

The corroboration statute (CPL 60.50) only requires "proof by independent evidence that the confessed...

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