Mitchell v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis
1931
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
1
states following
January 1964
most recently cited
6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Commonwealth v. McGarvey · Schleeter v. Commonwealth · Baker v. Commonwealth · Shields v. Commonwealth · Begley v. Commonwealth
Most-quoted passages
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““ ‘Corroboration of an accomplice’ means evidence other than, and independent of, the testimony of the accomplice, which tends to prove the existence of some fact which really connects the defendant with the commission of the offense charged in the indictment, and unless there is other evidence of that character, independent of the testimony of the accomplice, then there is no corroboration, and the defendant is entitled to a peremptory instruction. Schleeter v. Com., 218 Ky. 72 , 290 S. W. 1075 .””
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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