What is the test for corroborating witness testimony in a criminal case?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Perkins, F060071 (Cal. App. 2012):
Cal.App. 239, 244; People v. McLean (1890) 84 Cal. 480, 481 [accomplice testimony sufficiently corroborated by evidence the defendant "made contradictory statements concerning his whereabouts on the night of the fire" and "took measures to get the accomplice to leave that part of the country"].)
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