Harris v. State

Pope, Judge.

Defendant Jerome Harris was indicted along with Troy Tuck and Ronnie Swafford for the crime of burglary. Both Tuck and Swafford pleaded guilty and defendant Harris was tried and convicted. The evidence against defendant consisted primarily of Tuck’s testimony, implicating him as one of the burglars. Defendant’s sole contention on this appeal, framed in various ways in six enumerations of error, is that the state failed to corroborate this testimony.

A person cannot be convicted of a felony solely upon the uncorroborated testimony of an accomplice. Code Ann. § 38-121 (now OCGA §…