Tollifson v. People
Supreme Court of Colorado
Error to Teller District Court — Hon. W. S. Morris, Judge.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Hill
The plaintiffs in error were convicted of burglary and larceny; from a sentence accordingly, they have brought the case to this court for review, on error. '
The first point urged is, that it was error to allow a conviction upon the uncorroborated evidence of a confessed accomplice; the witness Wiley, a. boy *221seventeen years of age, participated in the commission of the crime, turned state’s evidence, and it is contended that his evidence has been in no degree corroborated.
The witness Morton testified that the defendant Tollifson made admissions to him that this ore was stolen by himself, the…
2Cases cited32 opinions
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