Thomas v. State

MORRISON, Presiding Judge.

The offense is murder; the punishment, 25 years.

The sufficiency of the evidence to corroborate the testimony of the accomplice witness is seriously challenged.

Article 718, V.A.C.C.P., provides:

“A conviction cannot be had upon the testimony of an accomplice unless coroborated by other evidence tending to connect the defendant with the offense committed; and the corroboration is not sufficient if it merely shows the commission of the offense.”

In construing such statute, this court has consistently applied the following rule: “The test as to the sufficiency of the…