What is the purpose of requiring a jury to view an accomplice's testimony with distrust?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Barillas, 49 Cal.App.4th 1012, 57 Cal.Rptr.2d 166 (Cal. App. 1996):
Similarly without purpose is the decisional mandate (e.g., People v. Zapien (1993) 4 Cal.4th 929, 982, 17 Cal.Rptr.2d 122, 846 P.2d 704) that a trial court instruct a jury to view an accomplice's testimony with distrust. Once required by statute (Code Civ. Proc., former 2061, subd. 4), the requirement was supplanted by the Evidence Code, operative January 1, 1967. Section 780 of that Code wisely provides neutral criteria applicable to all witnesses:
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