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SECTION 165.65
Criminal possession of stolen property; corroboration
Penal (PEN) CHAPTER 40, PART 3, TITLE J, ARTICLE 165
§ 165.65 Criminal possession of stolen property; corroboration.

1. A person charged with criminal possession of stolen property who
participated in the larceny thereof may not be convicted of criminal
possession of such stolen property solely upon the testimony of an
accomplice in the larceny unsupported by corroborative evidence tending
to connect the defendant with such criminal possession.

2. Unless inconsistent with the provisions of subdivision one of this
section, a person charged with criminal possession of stolen property
may be convicted thereof solely upon the testimony of one from whom he
obtained such property or solely upon the testimony of one to whom he
disposed of such property.