noting that “a conviction in federal court may be based on the uncorroborated testimony of an accomplice”
How later courts described this case
- noting that “a conviction in federal court may be based on the uncorroborated testimony of an accomplice”
- “It is well-established that a conviction in federal court may be based on the uncorroborated testimony of an accomplice, ... even where the accomplice hopes to receive lenient treatment .... The fact of a bargain, or of the hope or expectation of leniency, affects only the weight of the testimony, not its admissibility.” (citations omitted)
- noting that a plea 28 bargain “affects only the weight of the testimony, not its admissibility”
- “The fact of a bargain, or of the hope or expectation of leniency, affects only the weight of the testimony, not its admissibility.”
Written by the judges who cited it.
The opinion
ELY, Circuit Judge
(concurring) :
I agree that the judgment of conviction should be affirmed. The accusing testimony of the accomplice was amply corroborated by other evidence.