California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Fujita, 117 Cal.Rptr. 757, 43 Cal.App.3d 454 (Cal. App. 1974):
Corroborating evidence is sufficient if it tends to connect the defendant with the commission of a crime in such a way so as to reasonably satisfy the jury that the complaining witness is telling the truth; the corroboration is inadequate if it requires aid from the testimony of the witness to be corroborated in order to connect the defendant with the alleged offense. 7 (People v. MacEwing, Supra, 45 Cal.2d 218, 225, 288 P.2d 257; People v. Frankfort, Supra, 114 Cal.App.2d 680, 692, 251 P.2d 401.) Defendants claim that the corroborating evidence produced at trial fell short of the statutory standard. We disagree.
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