Easter v. State

OPINION

ONION, Presiding Judge.

This appeal arises out of a conviction for murder, wherein the jury assessed punishment at life imprisonment.

This appeal presents, among other things, the question of whether an accessory 1 is still an accomplice witness so as to require corroboration of such witness’ testimony in light of the provisions of the 1974 Penal Code.

In his grounds of error appellant contends his wife was an accomplice witness as a matter of law and that the court erred in overruling his requested instruction to, at least, submit the fact issue to the jury whether his wife was an…