What is the impact of testimony that corroborates an otherwise bare defense?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Thomas v. Chappell, 12 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 5115, 2012 Daily Journal D.A.R. 6119, 678 F.3d 1086 (9th Cir. 2012):
At this point, the jury would have had a plausible alternate scenario about the murders that did not inculpate petitioner. Testimony such as this, that corroborates an otherwise bare defense, would have created more equilibrium in the evidence presented to the jury. Riley v. Payne, 352 F.3d 1313, 132021 (9th Cir.2003).
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