People v. Bretti
| Decision Date | 11 November 1986 |
| Citation | 510 N.Y.S.2d 77,68 N.Y.2d 929,502 N.E.2d 992 |
| Parties | , 502 N.E.2d 992 The PEOPLE of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Dominic A. BRETTI, Appellant. |
| Court | New York Court of Appeals Court of Appeals |
The order of the Appellate Division, 115 A.D.2d 941, 497 N.Y.S.2d 516, should be affirmed.
At defendant's trial an accomplice, Mastracco, testified at length as to defendant's role in orchestrating Dawn Grillo's murder. The People introduced a taped conversation between Mastracco and defendant, for the purpose of corroborating Mastracco's testimony (CPL 60.22). Defendant challenges the sufficiency of the corroborating evidence as equivocal. Even though subject to an innocent interpretation, the taped conversation " ' "so harmonize[d] with the accomplice's narrative as to have a tendency to furnish the necessary connection between the defendant and the crime." ' " (People v. Kohut, 30 N.Y.2d 183, 194, 331 N.Y.S.2d 416, 282 N.E.2d 312, quoting People v. Morhouse, 21 N.Y.2d 66, 74, 286 N.Y.S.2d 657, 233 N.E.2d 705; see also, People v. Farruggia, 61 N.Y.2d 775, 777, 473 N.Y.S.2d 158, 461 N.E.2d 295.)
Order affirmed in a memorandum.
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