Legal Opinion
Rice v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided October 17, 1979No. 56698PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
PHILLIPS, Judge.
This is an appeal from a conviction for aggravated robbery. The trial court, upon the two allegations of prior final convictions being found true, assessed punishment at life imprisonment.
In a single ground of error, appellant contends that the evidence in this cause is insufficient to corroborate the testimony of the accomplice witnesses and fails to tend to connect him with the offense committed and charged. See Article 38.14, V.A.C.C.P.
The jury was instructed that witnesses Rucker, Bishop, and Caldwell were accomplice witnesses as a matter of law. The law relating to…
2Cases cited22 opinions
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- Cawley v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1957
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