Can a defendant be convicted of a crime based upon an accomplice's testimony?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from People v. Cavazos, F069276 (Cal. App. 2016):

A defendant cannot be convicted of a crime based upon an accomplice's testimony unless it is corroborated by other evidence that tends to connect the defendant with the commission of the offense. ( 1111; People v. Nelson (2011) 51 Cal.4th 198, 217.) Such corroboration may be slight but must tend to implicate the defendant apart from the accomplice's testimony. The jury's determination regarding corroboration is binding unless the corroborating evidence should not have been admitted or does not reasonably connect the defendant with the crime. (People v. Nelson, supra, 51 Cal.4th at p. 218.)

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