2009 Ark. App. 613 - Riley v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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36 state decisions

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1. “when accomplice testimony is considered in reaching a verdict, Arkansas law provides that a person cannot be convicted based upon the testimony of an accomplice "unless corroborated by other evidence tending to connect the defendant ... with the commission of the offense." Ark. Code Ann. § 16-89-111 (e)(1)(A) (Repl. 2005). Corroborating evidence is not sufficient if it merely shows that the offense was committed and the circumstances thereof. The corroboration must be sufficient, standing alone, to establish the commission of the offense and to connect the defendant with it. Corroborating evidence need not, however, be so substantial in and of itself to sustain a conviction. The test is whether, if the testimony of the accomplice were completely eliminated from the case, the other evidence independently establishes the crime and tends to connect the accused with its commission. Martin v. State , 346 Ark. 198 , 57 S.W.3d 136 (2001).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Vaughan v. State