Schoenberg v. State

J. CURTISS BROWN, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from a conviction of theft of fourteen head of cattle. The primary question presented is whether a key prosecution witness was an accomplice so as to require corroboration of his testimony. We affirm.

L. S. Sledge, Robert Armstrong and William Armstrong were in partnership to raise cattle. On December 29, 1978, an employee of Mr. Sledge found fourteen head of cattle missing from a pasture and notified the authorities. In January of 1979 the cattle were located on some property that was owned, or at least in the possession of, James Schoenberg…