Villarreal v. State

OPINION

TIJERINA, Justice.

This is an appeal from a conviction for murder. TEX.PENAL CODE ANN. § 19.-02(a)(1) (Vernon 1974). The jury found appellant guilty as charged; the trial court assessed punishment at confinement for life.

Appellant complains that the trial court committed reversible error by failing to submit to the jury the question of whether State witness Mettie Ann Dickey was an accomplice witness as a matter of fact and as a matter of law. His challenge to the sufficiency of the evidence is predicated on his assertion that Mettie Ann was an accomplice witness and that there was no…