Is there any case law where two witnesses testified to different transactions but one of the two witnesses was corroborated as to one transaction but not the other?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from U.S. v. Maultasch, 596 F.2d 19 (2nd Cir. 1979):
United States v. Freedman, 445 F.2d 1220, 1225-26 (2d Cir. 1971), is not to the contrary. Freedman did not involve two witnesses testifying to different transactions but one witness testifying to two transactions. The witness was corroborated as to one transaction but not the other; this court reversed the conviction because the trial judge had instructed the jury that it could convict solely on the basis of the
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