PEOPLE v. SUBER

No. 81.

19 N.Y.3d 247 (2012)

2012 NY Slip Op 3573

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Appellant, v. FRANK SUBER, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of New York.

Decided May 8, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles J. Hynes , District Attorney, Brooklyn ( Leonard Joblove and Seth M. Lieberman of counsel), for appellant.

Legal Aid Society, New York City ( Nancy E. Little and Steven Banks of counsel), for respondent.

Judges READ, SMITH, PIGOTT and JONES concur with Judge GRAFFEO; Judge CIPARICK dissents and votes to affirm in a separate opinion in which Chief Judge LIPPMAN concurs.


OPINION OF THE COURT

GRAFFEO, J.

The issue in this appeal is whether a defendant's admissions must be corroborated in order to satisfy the prima facie case requirement for an information. We hold that corroboration is not necessary in this context.

Defendant Frank Suber registered as a level three sex offender in 1999. At that time, he received written notification that any change in his home address had to be communicated to the Division of Criminal...

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