Sorrell v. State

SIMPSON, Justice.

The appellant was convicted of murdering her husband, Elmer Sorrell. She was not present at the scene of the crime and the evidence implicating her came from the testimony of one Joe Avery, a negro who was the actual perpetrator and who admitted guilt.

The pivotal' point is whether or not there* was sufficient corroborative evidence of the accomplice’s testimony to take the case to the jury. This, of course, was a question of law for the determination of the court. Smith v. State, 230 Ala. 413, 161 So. 538; Skumro v. State, 234 Ala. 4, 170 So. 776; Slayton v. State, 234 Ala.…