Ross v. State

OPINION

ODOM, Judge.

The offense is burglary; the punishment was assessed by a jury at 10 years confinement in the State Department of Corrections.

Appellant contends the evidence is insufficient to support the conviction since the testimony of the accomplice witness, Wilmer Houston, was not corroborated.

Carl Barham testified that he was the manager of a Reynolds-Penland clothing store and that on the 18th day of July, 1969, the doors of the store were closed and a burglar alarm was secured at about 5 or 10 minutes after 5:30 P.M. At 3:42 A.M. on July 19, 1969, the burglar alarm was “set off,”…