Evidence-Admissibility and Weight of Photographs

Authors

James W. Collier, University of Michigan Law School

Abstract

In a prosecution for fellatio, the people's only witness was a woman who testified that she had participated in the alleged activity with the defendant. Her testimony also verified for introduction a motion picture purporting to show the alleged violations. Defendant was convicted on the basis of this evidence. On appeal, held, reversed. A conviction cannot be sustained on the basis of an accomplice's uncorroborated testimony; and the film, although properly admitted, could not supply the necessary corroboration, since a determination of its accuracy must rely upon the accomplice's foundation testimony. People v. Bowley, 59 Cal. 2d 855, 31 Cal. Rptr. 471, 382 P.2d 591 (1963).

Recommended Citation

James W. Collier, Evidence-Admissibility and Weight of Photographs, 62 Mich. L. Rev. 1259 (1964).
Available at: https://repository.law.umich.edu/mlr/vol62/iss7/12