Endangering the welfare of a child; corroboration · as in force on May 31, 2026
§ 260.11 Endangering the welfare of a child; corroboration.
A person shall not be convicted of endangering the welfare of a child, or of an attempt to commit the same, upon the testimony of a victim who is incapable of consent because of mental defect or mental incapacity as to conduct that constitutes an offense or an attempt to commit an offense referred to in section 130.16, without additional evidence sufficient pursuant to section 130.16 to sustain a conviction of an offense referred to in section 130.16, or of an attempt to commit the same.
A person may not be convicted of child endangerment or attempt solely on testimony from a victim unable to consent because of mental defect or incapacity about conduct covered by § 130.16. ★ The prosecution needs the additional evidence that § 130.16 requires to sustain the corresponding offense or attempt.
Marked in the text: penalties, time limits, sums of money. Editorial emphasis added by this edition; it does not appear in the statute as enacted.
This provision appears in Volume 4 — The Court Clerk: Penal Law; Volume 1 — The Court Officer in Plain English; Volume 3 — The Court Officer: Penal Law; Volume 3 — Your Career: Penal Law in Plain English.