James v. State

OPINION

BROWN, Commissioner.

This is an appeal from a conviction for burglary of a habitation. Trial was before a jury and appellant was found guilty and his punishment was assessed at twenty (20) years in the Texas Department of Corrections.

In two grounds of error appellant challenges the sufficiency of the evidence corroborating the testimony of an accomplice witness.

The record shows that the home of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Price Gibson was burglarized sometime between the hours of 2:00 p. m. and 4:00 p. m. on January 22, 1975. Mrs. Gibson testified that she returned to the house on Airport Highway…