Callaway v. State

Marvin Callaway was convicted of the murder of Mack Herndon, and was recommended to life imprisonment in the penitentiary. He made a motion for new trial, which was overruled, and he excepted.

I. On the trial of the case the State relied upon the testimony of the accomplice who had been convicted of the crime with which the defendant was charged, and upon corroborating evidence; and the defendant’s counsel at the trial in due time submitted to the court the following request to charge: “ Corroborating circumstances must be such as, independently of the testimony of the accomplice, would lead…