Boozer v. State

OPINION ON APPELLANT’S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW

CLINTON, Judge.

Before us on appellant’s petition for discretionary review is his conviction for burglary, affirmed by the El Paso Court of Appeals in an unpublished opinion.

On direct appeal, appellant asserted the trial court had reversibly erred by denying his motion for instructed verdict of acquittal. Specifically, it was appellant’s contention that the State failed to meet its burden of adducing independent evidence corroborative of testimony of the accomplice witness,1 which the court’s charge required as a matter of law before…