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New York Consolidated Laws

N.Y. Criminal Procedure Law § 60.50 (2026)

Rules of evidence; statements of defendants; corroboration

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§ 60.50  Rules of evidence; statements of defendants; corroboration.
  A person may not be convicted of any offense solely upon evidence of a
confession or admission made by him without additional proof that the
offense charged has been committed.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases, 2000–2020 · leading case: People v. Santiago, 9 N.E.3d 870 (NY 2014).
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People v. Santiago, 9 N.E.3d 870 (NY 2014). “Criminal Procedure Law § 60.50 provides: “A person may not be convicted of any offense solely upon evidence of a confession or admission made by him [or her] without additional proof that the offense charged has been committed.”
Abdur-Raheem v. Kelly, 98 F. Supp. 2d 295 (E.D.N.Y 2000). · cites it 2× “New York also requires corroborative evidence for both confessions, N.Y. Criminal Procedure Law § 60.50 , and declarations against penal interest, People v.”
Higgins v. Colvin (E.D.N.Y 2020). · cites it 2× “” The principal habeas claim is that petitioner’s confession was not sufficiently corroborated by independent evidence as required by New York’s confession corroboration rule, Criminal Procedure Law § 60.50. Relatedly, petitioner claims that the trial court failed to instruct…”
Matter of Luis P., 2018 NY Slip Op 2564 (N.Y. App. Div. 2018). “Here, the record sufficiently corroborates appellant's oral and written confessions (Criminal Procedure Law § 60.50 ["(a) person may not be convicted of any offense solely upon evidence of a confession or admission made by him without additional proof that the offense charged…”
People v. Elithorpe, 50 Misc. 3d 1077 (2015). “) Defendant’s only argument is that there was no corroboration of defendant’s admission that he was operating the vehicle involved in the accident, therefore, the conviction must be vacated pursuant to Criminal Procedure Law § 60.50. The court disagrees, and finds that…”
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