What is the test for having an accomplice to the crime?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from The People v. Orosco, E048885, Super.Ct.No. HEF004830 (Cal. App. 2010):
connect the defendant to the commission of the offense, and must be independent of the accomplice's testimony. (People v. Avila (2006) 38 Cal.4th 491, 562-563.)
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