What is the test for corroboration?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from R. v. McLelland, 1986 CanLII 967 (BC CA):
The appellant relies on Paige v. R., 1948 CanLII 46 (SCC), [1948] S.C.R. 349, 6 C.R. 93, 92 C.C.C. 32 [Que.], but I think that decision not to be applicable. It dealt with a case in which the evidence of two witnesses required corroboration. Neither could provide the essential evidence to corroborate the other because the testimony of neither was evidence until it was corroborated. That is not this case. D.’s evidence does not require corroboration.
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