Plaxico v. State

The defendant, Jack Plaxico, was charged by information filed in the district court of Comanche county with the crime of larceny of livestock; was tried, convicted and sentenced to serve three years in the State Penitentiary, and has appealed.

For a reversal of this case, it is contended that there is not sufficient evidence to corroborate the testimony of the accomplices and that, therefore, the evidence is wholly insufficient to sustain the judgment of conviction.

The theory of the prosecution was that the defendant had made an agreement with two youths, Ray Seay, age 17, and Ode Risinger,…