Tompkins v. State

OPINION

ODOM, Judge.

The conviction is for burglary; the punishment, two years.

Appellant was convicted upon the testimony of Jay Merritt Burnett, an accomplice witness, combined with the testimony of five other witnesses. In his first ground of error on appeal, appellant asserts that the corroborative evidence is insufficient to connect him with the offense committed, as required by Article 38.14, Vernon’s Ann.C.C.P., to sustain a conviction had upon the testimony of an accomplice witness.

This court in Reynolds v. State, Tex.Cr. App., 489 S.W.2d 866, 872, stated the rule for corroboration…