N.Y. Criminal Procedure Law § 60.22: Rules of evidence; corroboration of accomplice testimony

§ 60.22 Rules of evidence; corroboration of accomplice testimony.

1. A defendant may not be convicted of any offense upon the testimony

of an accomplice unsupported by corroborative evidence tending to

connect the defendant with the commission of such offense.

2. An "accomplice" means a witness in a criminal action who,

according to evidence adduced in such action, may reasonably be

considered to have participated in:

(a) The offense charged; or

(b) An offense based upon the same or some of the same facts or

conduct which constitute the offense charged.

3. A witness who is an accomplice as defined in subdivision two is no

less such because a prosecution or conviction of himself would be barred

or precluded by some defense or exemption, such as infancy, immunity or

previous prosecution, amounting to a collateral impediment to such a

prosecution or conviction, not affecting the conclusion that such

witness engaged in the conduct constituting the offense with the mental

state required for the commission thereof.