May v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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2 federal appellate · 32 state decisions

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1. “1. The test to determine the sufficiency of the corroboration is to eliminate from consideration the evidence of the accomplice witness and then examine the testimony of other witnesses to ascertain if there is inculpatory evidence which tends to connect the accused with the commission of the offense. If there is such evidence, the corroboration is sufficient; otherwise, it is not. 2. The corroborative evidence need not directly link the accused to the crime or be sufficient in itself to establish guilt. 3. All the facts and circumstances in evidence may be looked to as furnishing the corroboration necessary. 4. The corroborative evidence may be circumstantial or direct. 5. The combined cumulative weight of the incriminating evidence furnished by the non-accomplice witnesses which tends to connect the accused with the commission of the offense supplies the test. 6. Apparently insignificant circumstances sometimes afford satisfactory evidence of guilt and corroboration of the accomplice witness. 7. No precise rule can be laid down as to the amount of evidence that is requisite to corroborate the testimony of an accomplice, so as to sustain a conviction of the accused; therefore, each case must be considered on its own facts and circumstances. 8. Evidence merely showing the commission of an offense is not sufficient alone to corroborate an accomplice witness, but it is a factor to be considered along with other possible factors. 9. The same is true of evidence merely showing th”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. De La Rosa v. State

2. “A conviction cannot be had upon the testimony of an accomplice unless corroborated by other evidence tending to connect the defendant with the offense committed; and the corroboration is not sufficient if it merely shows the commission of the offense.”

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

3. “However, we have examined the record ...”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Amos v. Scott