California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Garton, 229 Cal.Rptr.3d 624, 4 Cal.5th 485, 412 P.3d 315 (Cal. 2018):
"Section 1111 serves to ensure that a defendant will not be convicted solely upon the testimony of an accomplice because an accomplice is likely to have self-serving motives." ( People v. Davis (2005) 36 Cal.4th 510, 547, 31 Cal.Rptr.3d 96, 115 P.3d 417.) Section
[412 P.3d 340]
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