Stocks v. State

Phipps, Judge.

After a jury trial, Howard Stocks was convicted and sentenced for burglary, felony theft of two shotguns, and misdemeanor theft of a compound bow, charges that stemmed from a single incident. On appeal, Stocks contends that there was insufficient corroboration of his accomplice’s statements to support his felony convictions and that the trial court erred in allowing the prosecutor to mislead the jury during closing argument and in charging the jury.1 Because the record does not support Stocks’s contentions, we affirm.

The state presented the testimony of Donnie Rice, who stated…