Does a jury need to be instructed that an accomplice's testimony regarding the circumstances of a crime of previous crime must be viewed with caution?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Grimes, 182 Cal.Rptr.3d 50, 340 P.3d 293, 60 Cal.4th 729 (Cal. 2015):
(People v. Moore (2011) 51 Cal.4th 1104, 1143, 127 Cal.Rptr.3d 2, 253 P.3d 1153 ; see People v. Williams (1997) 16 Cal.4th 153, 276, 66 Cal.Rptr.2d 123, 940 P.2d 710 [jury need not be instructed that accomplice's testimony regarding the circumstances of a crime of which defendant had previously been convicted must be viewed with caution].)
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