Forbes v. State

OPINION

ONION, Presiding Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction for being an accomplice to the offense of murder with malice. The punishment was assessed by the jury at three thousand (3,000) years. This is a companion case to Culley v. State, 50S S.W.2d 567 (Tex.Cr. App.1974).

The indictment alleged that Terry Eugene Culley shot and killed Jean Geron, and that prior to the murder the appellant advised, commanded and encouraged Culley to commit the offense.

At the outset the appellant challenges the sufficiency of the evidence to sustain his conviction as an accomplice to the murder,…