Does evidence of flight connected defendants with the commission of the crime and thus corroborated the testimony of an accomplice?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Mason, 277 Cal.Rptr. 166, 52 Cal.3d 909, 802 P.2d 950 (Cal. 1991):
11 In People v. Santo, supra, a death penalty case, evidence of flight connected defendants with the commission of the offense and, thus, corroborated an accomplice's testimony. (Id., 43 Cal.2d at p. 327, 273 P.2d 249.)
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