Sarli v. State

DAVIDSON, Judge.

Appellant was convicted as an accomplice to murder, his punishment being assessed at fifty years confinement in the penitentiary.

The indictment charges that Porfirio Tores was principal in the murder' of Ike Hill, and that appellant was his accomplice. Tores was convicted, awarded the death penalty, and hanged something like a year prior to the trial of appellant. In order to convict appellant as the accomplice the evidence must show that Tores was guilty, and that appellant advised, urged, commanded or furnished the means to Tores with which to kill Hill. The evidence shows…