Is a failure to instruct on accomplice testimony harmless?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Penunuri, 233 Cal.Rptr.3d 324, 418 P.3d 263, 5 Cal.5th 126 (Cal. 2018):
People v. Whisenhunt (2008) 44 Cal.4th 174, 215, 79 Cal.Rptr.3d 125, 186 P.3d 496 [failure to instruct on accomplice testimony is harmless where there is sufficient corroborating evidence in the record].)
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