New York Court of Appeals

The People of the State of New York v. . Joseph Elliott

June 28, 1887106 N.Y. 288

Summary

The Court of Appeals held that the corroborative evidence accompanying the accomplice's testimony, though each circumstance alone was inconclusive, collectively satisfied §399 of the Criminal Procedure Code. Accordingly, the conviction for second‑degree forgery was affirmed and the lower appellate reversal was reversed.