Corroborating Evidence in United States

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Evidence supplementary to that already given and tending to strengthen and confirm it. Under certain circumstances the testimony of a witness, even though uncontradicted, is not sufficient to establish the truth of a certain fact unless the testimony of the witness is corroborated. Examples of this are the provision in the federal Constitution (see constitution (in U.S. law), united states (in U.S. law)) that the crime of treason can be proved only by the testimony of two witnesses to the same overt act, and the statute found in about half the states that an accused cannot be convicted by the uncorroborated testimony of an accomplice (in U.S. law).

(Revised by Ann De Vries)

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