What is the test for a jury to consider evidence that corroborates a victim's testimony but not prove the crime?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Oomerjee, 2d Crim. No. B278139 (Cal. App. 2018):
The instruction could have been better phrased, but it appears to be a correct statement of the law. (See People v. Manning (2008) 165 Cal.App.4th 870, 880 ["The jury may consider the evidence 'for the purpose of corroborating the victim's testimony, but not to prove the occurrence of the crime'"]; People v. Giron-Chamul (2016) 245 Cal.App.4th 932, 937, fn. 6 [jury so instructed].)
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