What is the state of the law on the credibility of witnesses in criminal cases?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Rothgery, C087060 (Cal. App. 2019):
accomplice witness is to be viewed with distrust [citations], and (2) that the defendant cannot be convicted on the basis of the accomplice's testimony unless it is corroborated . . . .' " (People v. Zapien (1993) 4 Cal.4th 929, 982.)
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