Sanders v. State
Court of Appeals of Georgia
1Opinion of the CourtI-Iooper, J.
1. “The rule is well settled that the testimony of an accomplice in a felony case must be corroborated by some independent fact or circumstance which, taken by itself, leads to the inference not only that a crime has been committed but that the defendant is implicated in its commission. Proof of the corpus delicti independently of the evidence of the accomplice, is corroborative of the guilt of the accomplice, but does not at all corroborate his testimony as to the guilt of another.” Altman v. State, 5 Ga. App. 833 (63 S. E. 928).
2. While in the instant case the testimony relied on to…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Childers v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1874
- Byrd v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1882
- Bishop v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1911
- Smith v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1910
- Altman v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1909
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