Turner v. State

HAWKINS, Judge.

Conviction is for burglary, punishment being twelve years in the penitentiary.

We find it necessary to discuss only the question of the sufficiency of the evidence to corroborate the testimony of an admitted accomplice. Art. 718, C. C. P. (1925), positively prohibits a conviction upon the testimony of an accomplice unless corroborated by other evidence tending to connect accused with the commission of the offense. The test as to the sufficiency of the corroboration long recognized as correct by our courts is to eliminate from- consideration the evidence of the accomplice and…