Protz v. State

OPINION

JUNELL, Justice.

A jury convicted appellant of unauthorized use of a motor vehicle and sentenced him to 16 years imprisonment and a $10,-000 fine. We reverse and remand with instructions to enter a judgment of acquittal because the evidence was insufficient to corroborate an accomplice’s testimony that appellant operated a stolen van.

Roy Collin Brown, the accomplice witness, testified that he and appellant were at Windsor Plaza in Houston, Texas, the night of April 8, 1982. He said that appellant broke into a van using a butter knife or pocket knife, pulled out the ignition switch with…