Opinion
November 10, 1987
Appeal from the Oneida County Court, Buckley, J., Darrigrand, J.
Present — Doerr, J.P., Boomer, Pine, Lawton and Davis, JJ.
Judgment unanimously affirmed. Memorandum: Defendant contends that the evidence convicting him of robbery and burglary in the first degree was legally insufficient because the testimony of an accomplice, Jones, was not sufficiently corroborated. We disagree. There was ample evidence entirely independent of Jones which, viewed as a whole, was sufficient to connect defendant with the commission of these crimes (People v. Hudson, 51 N.Y.2d 233). Corroborating evidence may be direct or circumstantial (People v. Daniels, 37 N.Y.2d 624; People v. Kampshoff, 53 A.D.2d 325, 331, cert denied 433 U.S. 911). We have reviewed defendant's other contentions and find them without merit.