Section 1111 - Corroboration of testimony of accomplice

1 Analyses of this statute by attorneys

  1. Capital Defense Weekly, July 8, 2002

    Capital Defense NewsletterJuly 8, 2002

    Compare, e.g., United States v. Gordon, 987 F.2d 902, 906 (2d Cir. 1993)(“conviction may be sustained on the basis of the testimony of a single accomplice”); United States v. Baker, 985 F.2d 1248, 1255 (4 th Cir. 1993)(same) with, e.g., Ala. Code § 12-21-222 (prohibiting conviction based solely on uncorroborated testimony of accomplice); Cal. Penal Code § 1111 (same); Nev. Rev. Stat § 175.291 (same); N.Y. Crim. Proc.