Anthony v. State

*488OPINION

BOOCHEVER, Justice.

Appellant Dennis Ray Anthony was convicted by a jury of first degree murder1 after a trial lasting five days. From multiple assignments of error we find controlling an issue pertaining to the failure to give a cautionary instruction with reference to the testimony of an alleged accomplice.2

La Wayne Hofhines died in the late evening hours of January 21, 1972, the victim of seven gunshot wounds. Two of the seven bullets entered from the front, one piercing his chest and the other, his right forehead. The remaining five entered from the rear at the base of the skull.…