CALIFORNIA EVIDENCE: CIVIL AND CRIMINAL
...Hearsay Exceptions re Statements
......Co-Conspirator (Crim.) Admissions
.........Can Show Conspir. by Uncorrob. Accomplice
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  • Confrontation clause does not require showing of unavailability to admit out-of-court statements of nontestifying co-conspirator.
  • D not entitled to corroboration instruction where s/he calls accomplice as a witness.
  • Accomplice testimony sufficiently corroborated by circumstantial evidence of officers' testimony to sustain conviction for conspiracy to assault.
  • Existence of conspiracy may be shown by uncorroborated testimony of accomplice; only slight corroborative evidence is necessary to connect a defendant to it.
  • Rules re giving of accomplice instructions.