California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Neely, 163 Cal.App.2d 289, 329 P.2d 357 (Cal. App. 1958):
Section 1111 of the Penal Code in part provides: 'A conviction cannot be had upon the testimony of an accomplice unless it be corroborated by such other evidence as shall tend to connect the defendant with the commission of the offense; and the corroboration is not sufficient if it merely shows the commission of the offense or the circumstances thereof. * * *' In effect, the Code section provides that the corroborating evidence, without the aid of the testimony of the accomplice, must tend to connect the defendant with the commission of the offense. In People v. MacEwing, 45 Cal.2d 218, at page 224, 288 P.2d 257, at page 260, the court stated:
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