California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Huggins, 185 Cal.Rptr.3d 672, 235 Cal.App.4th 715 (Cal. App. 2015):
Section 1111 provides, in relevant part: A conviction can not 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. [O]ne accomplice may not corroborate another.... (People v. Rodrigues (1994) 8 Cal.4th 1060, 1132, 36 Cal.Rptr.2d 235, 885 P.2d 1 (Rodrigues ).)
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