What is the test for establishing corroborating evidence in a sexual assault case?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Navarra, F071142 (Cal. App. 2018):
and need not establish every element of the charged offense [citation]. The corroborating evidence is sufficient if, without aid from accomplice testimony, it ' " 'tends to connect the defendant with the commission of the offense in such a way as reasonably may satisfy a jury that the accomplice is telling the truth.' " ' [Citations.]" (People v. Vu (2006) 143 Cal.App.4th 1009, 1022 (Vu).)
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