California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Medrano, F075861 (Cal. App. 2019):
" ' "[I]t is insufficient corroboration merely to connect a defendant with the accomplice or other persons participating in the crime .... [E]vidence independent of the testimony of the accomplice must tend to connect a defendant with the crime itself, and not simply with its perpetrators." ' " (People v. Pedroza (2014) 231 Cal.App.4th 635, 651 (Pedroza).)
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