Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Irvin Maldonado, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2007-05-22
Citations: 40 A.D.3d 436
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Irvin Maldonado, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 40
Pages: 436–436

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Irvin Maldonado, Appellant.
[834 NYS2d 656]

Opinion:
Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Peter J. Benitez, J.), rendered June 23, 2005, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of official misconduct, and sentencing him to a term of three years' probation with 70 hours of community service, unanimously reversed, on the law and as a matter of discretion in the interest of justice, and the indictment dismissed.
As the People concede, there was no corroboration of defendant's statement that he attempted to file a false accident report, a necessary element of the crime as charged, and so the evidence is legally insufficient to sustain the verdict (see CPL 60.50; People v Murray, 40 NY2d 327, 329 [1976]; People v Greenwood, 20 AD2d 272 [1964]). Concur—Tom, J.P., Mazzarelli, Marlow, Nardelli and McGuire, JJ.