PEOPLE v. COPELAND

2013-05443, Ind. No. 10308/10.

175 A.D.3d 1316 (2019)

109 N.Y.S.3d 94

2019 NY Slip Op 06507

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Jimmy Copeland, Appellant.

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

Decided September 11, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Janet E. Sabel , New York, NY ( Justine M. Luongo and Steven J. Miraglia ), for appellant.

Eric Gonzalez , District Attorney, Brooklyn, NY ( Leonard Joblove , Diane R. Eisner , and Julian Joiris of counsel), for respondent.

Rivera, J.P., Duffy, Connolly and Iannacci, JJ., concur.


Ordered that the judgment is reversed, on the law, and a new trial is ordered.

Viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the People (see People v Contes, 60 N.Y.2d 620, 621 [1983]), we find that the testimony of the defendant's accomplices was sufficiently corroborated (see CPL 60.22 [1]; People v Reome, 15 N.Y.3d 188, 194 [2010]; People v Echols, ...

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