98 So. 3d 35 - Jackson v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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1. ““ ‘ “The test for determining whether there is sufficient corroboration of the testimony of an accomplice consists of eliminating the testimony given by the accomplice and examining the remaining evidence to determine if there is sufficient incriminating evidence tending to connect the defendant with the commission of the offense.” ’ Ex parte Bullock, 770 So.2d 1062, 1067 (Ala.2000)(quoting Andrews v. State, 370 So.2d 320, 321 (Ala.Crim.App.1979), citing in turn Miller v. State, 290 Ala. 248 , 275 So.2d 675, 677 (1973)). “To corroborate has been defined by this Court as ‘ “to strengthen, to make stronger; to strengthen, not the proof of any particular fact to which the witness has testified, but to strengthen the probative, criminating force of his testimony.’” Kuenzel v. State, 577 So.2d 474, 518 (Ala.Crim.App.1990) (citations omitted). ‘While corroborating evidence need not be strong, it “... must be of substantive character, must be inconsistent with the innocence of a defendant and must do more than raise a suspicion of guilt.” ’ Booker v. State, 477 So.2d 1388, 1390 (Ala.Crim.App.1985) (quoting McCoy v. State, 397 So.2d 577 (Ala.Crim.App.1981)). The corroboration does not need to be sufficiently strong on its own to warrant a conviction, but it must tend to connect the defendant to the crime. Miles v. State, 476 So.2d 1228, 1234 (Ala.Crim.App.1985). As this Court has repeatedly explained, ‘ “[corroboration need only be slight to suffice,” ’ Stoinski v. State, 956 So.2d 1”

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   e.g. 206 So. 3d 682 - Collins v. State