State v. Vasquez

OPINION

WORKE, Judge.

Appellant challenges his conviction of third-degree unintentional controlled-substance murder, arguing that the district court erred by failing to instruct the jury that he could not be convicted based on uncorroborated accomplice testimony. Because we conclude that the involvement of an accomplice required the district court to instruct the jury on the requirement of corroboration of accomplice testimony, we reverse and remand.

FACTS

On May 29, 2007, police were dispatched to a restaurant parking lot where they found an unconscious female, A.E.W., slumped over behind the…