Legal Opinion
Chambers v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided March 20, 1974No. 47656PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
GREEN, Commissioner.
Appellant was convicted, in a trial before a jury, of murder with malice. Punishment was assessed by the court at life imprisonment.
In appellant’s fourth ground of error, he contends that the evidence of the accomplice witness Munnerlyn was not sufficiently corroborated by other evidence tending to connect appellant with the offense.
The record reflects that at about 7:00 or 7:30 A.M., December 24, 1972, Robert Munnerlyn contacted agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation in El Paso, and told them that he had during the night of December 22 participated in the…
2Cases cited21 opinions
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- Marron v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1927
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3Cited by39 opinions
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