PEOPLE v. SANTIAGO

No. 22

22 N.Y.3d 740 (2014)

9 N.E.3d 870

986 N.Y.S.2d 375

2014 NY Slip Op 1261

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. CHERYL SANTIAGO, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of New York.

Decided February 25, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Malvina Nathanson , New York City, for appellant.

Kirsten A. Rappleyea , District Attorney, Poughkeepsie, for respondent.


OPINION OF THE COURT

PIGOTT, J.

On this appeal, defendant Cheryl Santiago contends that her confession to the police following the death of her stepdaughter was insufficiently corroborated by independent evidence at trial to support her conviction of manslaughter in the second degree. Secondly, she argues that County Court abused its discretion in admitting certain letters into evidence that were not sufficiently...

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