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United States v. Fernandez

648 F. App'x 56 (2d Cir. 2016)
JurisdictionUnited States
CourtUnited States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Year2016
StatusPersuasive authority

Key Principle

By summary order, the Second Circuit affirmed a murder-for-hire conspiracy conviction, holding that uncorroborated accomplice testimony, if credited, can sustain a finding of knowing participation and specific intent, and that lack of corroboration goes to weight rather than sufficiency of the evidence.

Area of Law

General

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