Hilton v. State

OPINION

CORNELIUS, Chief Justice.

Todd Hilton was convicted of theft of timber. He appeals, contending that the evidence is ■ insufficient to support the jury’s verdict and that the trial court erred in failing to instruct the jury that a witness was an accomplice witness as a matter of law. We will affirm the judgment.

Kent Walker owns Pittsburg Timber Company. Walker’s brother-in-law, the appellant Todd Hilton, worked for Walker at the timber company. Walker hired Robert Baker to harvest timber for his company. In early 1994, Hilton, Walker, and Baker went to Washington, D.C. and secured a…