Runkle v. State

OPINION

ODOM, Judge.

This appeal is from a conviction for the offense of murder with malice. Punishment was assessed by the jury at confinement for a term of ninety-nine years.

Three grounds of error are alleged, all challenging the sufficiency of the evidence to corroborate the testimony of the accomplice witness and the sufficiency of the court’s charge regarding the accomplice witness.

On April 2, 1970, Lloyd Mercer was employed by the Southern-Pacific Railroad as head brakeman on a train proceeding east from Del Rio to San Antonio. At approximately 9:30 P.M., while watching for obstacles…