Woods v. State

The defendant and Morris Dexter Hill were jointly indicted for the first degree murder of Gordon Swearingen. A motion for severance was granted and a jury found the defendant guilty of first degree manslaughter and set punishment at five years' imprisonment.

I

The first issue on appeal concerns the sufficiency of the corroboration of accomplice Hill's testimony. This issue was raised at trial by a motion for new trial. See Ward v. State, Ala.Cr.App., 376 So.2d 1112, cert. denied, Ala., 376 So.2d 1117 (1979). Section 12-21-222, Code of Alabama 1975, provides:

"A conviction of felony cannot be had…