context: Absent a knowing, intelligent, and voluntary plea of guilty to a charged offense, nothing relieves the government of this obligation. At a minimum, where an accused's testimony is used as evidence that he committed a charged offense, the government must introduce some evidence coiToborative of the alleged offense before the fact finder is permitted to consider whether, in light of all the evidence, the government has proven an accused's guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.
citation_a.signal: see also
citation_a.identifier: 945 F.2d 881, 888
citation_a.parenthetical: presuming that in eases such as ours, where the government offers no evidence of guilt, the judge would enter a finding of not guilty prior to any possible testimony from the accused while affirming that, if an accused testifies, that testimony might become "evidence of guilt to add to the other evidence."
citation_a.sentence: See United States v. Williams, 390 F.3d 1319, 1325-26 (11th Cir.2004); United States v. McCarrick, 294 F.3d 1286, 1293 (11th Cir.2002); United States v. Burgos, 94 F.3d 849, 868 (4th Cir.1996) (“Thus, Burgos’s lying on the stand may have aided in establishing the fact that he was guilty.”) (emphasis added); Pleasant, 71 M.J. at 713; see also United States v. Zafiro, 945 F.2d 881, 888 (7th Cir.1991) (presuming that in eases such as ours, where the government offers no evidence of guilt, the judge would enter a finding of not guilty prior to any possible testimony from the accused while affirming that, if an accused testifies, that testimony might become “evidence of guilt to add to the other evidence.”) (emphasis added).
citation_b.signal: see
citation_b.identifier: 94 F.3d 849, 868
citation_b.parenthetical: "Thus, Burgos's lying on the stand may have aided in establishing the fact that he was guilty."
citation_b.sentence: See United States v. Williams, 390 F.3d 1319, 1325-26 (11th Cir.2004); United States v. McCarrick, 294 F.3d 1286, 1293 (11th Cir.2002); United States v. Burgos, 94 F.3d 849, 868 (4th Cir.1996) (“Thus, Burgos’s lying on the stand may have aided in establishing the fact that he was guilty.”) (emphasis added); Pleasant, 71 M.J. at 713; see also United States v. Zafiro, 945 F.2d 881, 888 (7th Cir.1991) (presuming that in eases such as ours, where the government offers no evidence of guilt, the judge would enter a finding of not guilty prior to any possible testimony from the accused while affirming that, if an accused testifies, that testimony might become “evidence of guilt to add to the other evidence.”) (emphasis added).