What is the impact of corroborating evidence on a statement made by a witness?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Her Majesty the Queen v. King, 2012 ONSC 5073 (CanLII):
The trial judge may take into account the presence or absence of corroborating evidence existing independently of the statement itself. R v. Khelawon, supra, at paras. 94-100
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