State v. Jones

UHLENHOPP, Justice.

This appeal involves our statute requiring corroboration of accomplices, § 782.5, Code 1975.

I. The trial court thought that the evidence did not show the alleged accomplices were in fact such. A jury could certainly find that they were not; the jury did not have to accept the evidence indicating that they were. But upon viewing the evidence in its most favorable light to the contention that the individuals were accomplices, we think a jury could reasonably find that they were.

The jury could find that Terrance Stin-glen, Russell Megonigle, Mark Loftus, defendant DeWayne…