California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Estrada, B262224 (Cal. App. 2016):
on an accomplice's testimony about the circumstances of an offense, it must find evidence that ' "without aid from the accomplice's testimony, tend[s] to connect the defendant with the crime." ' [Citations.] 'The entire conduct of the parties, their relationship, acts, and conduct may be taken into consideration by the trier of fact in determining the sufficiency of the corroboration.' [Citations.] The evidence 'need not independently establish the identity of the victim's assailant' [citation], nor corroborate every fact to which the accomplice testifies [citation], and ' "may be circumstantial or slight and entitled to little consideration when standing alone." ' " (Id. at pp. 32-33; People v. Hinton, supra, 37 Cal.4th at p. 880.)
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