Bennett v. State

The majority emphasizes the word "tend” in a case involving corroboration of the testimony of an accomplice which to me is notice that the decision merits a close examination. In my judgment the evidence falls short in this case.

Bennett was not identified by anyone at the scene of the crime, nor was there any evidence that he was even in town at the time. By the state’s admission, he was arrested at least six hours after the robbery in another town forty miles away. He did have on him about $248 and he had on a blue tank top and black jeans which is what the victim testified that the robber…