Is corroboration sufficient to connect a defendant with the accomplice or other persons participating in the crime?

However, it is insufficient corroboration merely to connect a defendant with the accomplice or other persons participating in the crime. " 'It is not with the thief that the connection must be had but with the commission of the crime itself.' " (People v. Robinson (1964) 61 Cal.2d 373, 400, 38 Cal.Rptr. 890, 907, 392 P.2d 970, 987.) Thus, in the present case the corroboration must indicate in some way that appellant had [82 Cal.App.3d 112] knowledge that the van was stolen when he drove in it to Santa Cruz. (See Veh.Code, 10851.)