Bly v. State

I would reverse and dismiss the judgmentfor lack of corroborating evidence.

The majority recites our decisions on corroboration of an accomplice and then proceeds to disregard them.

The testimony of an accomplice is suspect — usually the accomplice has made a deal to save his own hide in return for testimony against another suspect. The General Assembly has wisely enacted a law that prevents a defendant from being convicted on such testimony alone. Ark. Stat. Ann. § 43-2116 (Repl. 1977).

Our previous cases have strictly enforced this statute. For example, we have held that the accomplice’s…