What is the test for providing evidence to convict a defendant of a crime in a criminal case?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Dean, F064134, F064175, F064299 (Cal. App. 2014):
defendant with the crime in such a way as to satisfy the jury that the accomplice is telling the truth.'" (People v. Lewis (2001) 26 Cal.4th 334, 370.) Such evidence may be "of little weight by itself, and related merely to one part of the accomplice's testimony." (People v. Letner and Tobin (2010) 50 Cal.4th 99, 186.)
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