Thompson v. State

This Court granted the petition for a writ of certiorari to the Court of Criminal Appeals to resolve an alleged conflict between the decision in this case and previous decisions of this Court. We affirm.

This alleged conflict concerns the sufficiency of the corroboration of an accomplice's testimony. The petitioner contends that the State did not present enough corroborating evidence to satisfy the requirements of Code 1975, § 12-21-222, which provides:

"A conviction of felony cannot be had on the testimony of an accomplice unless corroborated by other evidence tending to connect the defendant…