A trial judge is never under a duty to warn that it is dangerous to convict on uncorroborated accomplice evidence, though may do so if satisfied it is necessary in the interests of justice. Independent support for accomplice evidence may be found in the evidence of another accomplice, provided the jury is warned about the risk of joint fabrication. For negative identification evidence, the jury must be directed that such evidence raises a doubt the Crown must eliminate, and that if there remains a reasonable possibility the negative identification is correct, the Crown case must fail. A direction requiring the jury to exclude negative identification evidence beyond reasonable doubt before accepting positive identification evidence is inappropriate.
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