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| What is corroborative evidence?
Article 156 of the Criminal Procedure Code stipulates that the confession of the defendant, if not obtained through violence, coercion, inducement, fraud, exhaustion during interrogation, illegal detention, or other improper means, and if it aligns with the facts, may be used as evidence. The confession of the defendant or co-conspirator shall not be the sole basis for a guilty verdict, and other necessary evidence shall still be investigated to determine its alignment with the facts.
Characteristics of corroborating evidence.
- Independence: Corroborating evidence should be independent of the confession, and it should not merely repeat or indirectly restate the confession. For example, when a victim's relative provides testimony that essentially duplicates the victim's confession after hearing it from the victim, and their statement aligns with the victim's account, in such cases, the testimony of the victim's relative cannot be considered as corroborating evidence.
- Relevance: Corroborating evidence should be relevant to the facts of the case and should be able to substantiate those facts to a certain degree.
Below is a detailed introduction to different types of corroborative evidence.
Types of Corroborative Evidence | Description | Example |
Direct Evidence | Direct evidence of the crime | Surveillance footage of the crime scene |
Circumstantial Evidence | Evidence connected to the crime through reasoning and logic | Mobile phone location data showing the suspect's whereabouts at the time of the crime |
Physical Evidence | Any physical evidence | Fingerprints, DNA, weapons used in the crime |
Expert Evidence | Evidence provided by knowledgeable professionals | Forensic expert's report |
Eyewitness Testimony | Testimony provided by eyewitnesses to the crime | Witnesses describing the process of the crime occurring |
【Case Background】
The defendant and Ms. A met through an internet chat room, the defendant learned that Ms. A was in urgent need of financial assistance.To satisfy his own sexual desires, he proposed the sexual transaction.,The two parties agreed on a transaction involving sexual services in exchange for a specified amount of money. They arranged to meet in front of a certain convenience store, the defendant would pick up Ms. A in his personal car and drive her to a hotel for the transaction.
During the investigation, the prosecutor believed that the defendant, unwilling to pay for the transactional sex, harbored malicious intentions. He falsely claimed to Ms. A that he was a police officer and accused her of engaging in sexual transactions, a violation of the Child and Youth Sexual Transaction Prevention Act. He demanded that she hand over her phone and identification for investigation purposes, insinuating that a police officer who had just passed by was his colleague. He threatened her with statements like, "If you don't cooperate, we will have to go back to the police station to make a record."
【High Court: Original Judgment Revoked】
Reference:最高法院103年度台上字第1256號判決、最高法院107年度台上字第1770號刑事判決、最高法院107年度台上字第2241號刑事判決
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