Fortner v. State

Carlisle, Judge.

1. The only witness against the defendants giving direct evidence as to the commission of the crime testified that he participated in the commission of the crime only because the defendants held a knife and a gun on him and forced him to participate. The defendants in their statements merely denied the commission of the crime. Thus, there was no evidence that would authorize a finding that the witness against the defendants was a coparticipant in the commission of the crime such as to render him an accomplice within the rule requiring corroboration of his testimony. The…