Heglemeier v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1995
Citation profile
8
cited by 8 later decisions
1
states following
May 2021
most recently cited
8 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Mann v. Koob · 17 Cal. 2d 778 - People v. Shaw · 141 Cal. App. 3d 224 - People v. Cooks · Austin v. State · Eckert v. State
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Corroboration evidence also need not in itself be sufficient to establish guilt, and it will satisfy the statute if it merely tends to connect the accused to the offense.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Corroborating evidence, however, must independently connect the defendant with the offense; evidence does not suffice as corroborative if it merely supports the accomplice’s testimony. If there is no indépendent, inculpatory evidence-evidence tending to connect the defendant with the offense, “there is no corroboration, though the accomplice may be corroborated in regard to any number of facts sworn to him.””
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““where the connecting evidence ‘shows no more than an opportunity to commit a crime, simply proves suspicion, or is equally consonant with the reasonable explanation pointing toward innocent conduct on the part of the defendant, the evidence is to be deemed insufficient.’ ””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Evans v. State
How this case has been treated — in progress
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