Is a court's failure to instruct on corroboration of witness testimony harmless?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Mack, B293897 (Cal. App. 2019):
that any error in failing to give such an instruction was harmless. (People v. Gonzales and Soliz (2011) 52 Cal.4th 254, 303-304 [a trial court's failure to instruct on corroboration of accomplice testimony is harmless if there is sufficient corroborating evidence].)
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