Vasquez v. State

OPINION

which KELLER, P.J., and MEYERS, PRICE, WOMACK, HERVEY, and HOLCOMB, JJ., joined.

Statutory law requires that accomplice-witness testimony be corroborated in order for a conviction to be valid. The question before us is whether this law requires corroboration of accomplice-witness testimony regarding a deadly weapon finding. Our answer is no.

Facts

Everado Vasquez and his three partners-in-crime planned and initiated a bank robbery. While the other three charged the bank donning masks and brandishing guns, Vasquez took his place as the getaway driver. The group’s attempt was thwarted by…