corroborative evidence
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 323 U.S. 606 - Weiler v. United States · 1945Most cited · 714 citing opinions
perjury
Two elements must enter into a determination that corroborative evidence is sufficient: (1) that the evidence, if true, substantiates the testimony of a single witness who has sworn to the falsity of the alleged perjurious statement; (2) that the corroborative evidence is trustworthy.
How often courts cite the case defining “corroborative evidence”
Court decisions citing the opinion that defined “corroborative evidence” — 714 in all, by decade. Counts are citations to the defining case as a whole, not verified uses of the term. The dip in the most recent years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the latest years.