· 1/13/2003
Baines v. State
Citations
- 575 S.E.2d 495
- 276 Ga. 117
- 2003 Fulton County D. Rep. 154
- 2003 Ga. LEXIS 27
How courts have described this case
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- determining that, among other independent evidence, evidence that the murder weapon was found in the location described by the 17 accomplice corroborated the accomplice’s testimony
- corroboration in part by evidence that appellant was driven to the vicinity of the victim’s home on the day of the crime
- “Slight evidence from an extraneous source identifying the accused as a participant in the criminal act is sufficient corroboration of the accomplice to support a verdict. .. [, and] [t]he sufficiency of the corroborating evidence is for the trier of fact to decide.”
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Judges: Thompson
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