Anglin v. State

The real question in this case concerns the sufficiency of the evidence to support.a conviction when the accused’s confession is unaccompanied by other proof that an offense was committed. Appellant was charged with stealing a pistol on July 10, 1947. The State proved that Horner had owned the pistol, that a car burned in the summer of 1947, and that in September of that year the appellant sold the pistol to Harbottle. That was the only foundation laid for the prosecuting attorney’s testimony that appellant admitted having picked up the weapon at the fire. This confession was made during the…