Umsted v. State

OPINION

BELCHER, Judge.

The conviction is for arson; the punishment, nine years.

The appellant challenges the sufficiency of the evidence to corroborate the testimony of the accomplice witness Floyd Lebow.

Edward Wesley Hartsfield, Floyd Ray Lebow and the appellant were jointly indicted in this cause. Following a severance, this trial was had after Lebow pleaded guilty and his five-year sentence was probated.

The appellant and Floyd Lebow both resided in Amarillo. Lebow testified for the state at appellant’s trial substantially as follows: that he was hired by the appellant and Hartsfield to burn…