Is there any case law where a verdict of guilty is properly rooted in the evidence of a single witness?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from R. v. S.B., 2021 ONSC 8005 (CanLII):
A verdict of guilty may, in some cases, be properly rooted in the evidence of a single witness: Vetrovec v. The Queen, 1982 CanLII 20 (SCC), [1982] 1 S.C.R. 811, at pp. 819-820. Corroboration is not required in this case.
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