Roberd v. State

DICE, Commissioner.

The conviction is for sodomy; the punishment, two years’ confinement in the penitentiary.

The indictment alleged that the offense was committed on or about- the ,13th day of May, -1954.

Evidence that appellant .committed the offense is shown by the testimony of the prosecuting witness, Bobby iNewland. The court in its charge instructed the jury that the witness, Newland,- was an accomplice as a matter of law and therefore his testi•mony must be corroborated to sustain this conviction.

The witness, Newland, who was seventeen years of age, testified that he became acquainted…