ROBERD v. STATE

No. 27455.

276 S.W.2d 270 (1955)

William Roy ROBERD, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

March 9, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ray Stevens, Joe Fleming, Austin, for appellant.

Leon Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


DICE, Commissioner.

The conviction is for sodomy; the punishment, two years' confinement in the penitentiary.

The indictment alleged that the offense was committed on or about the 13th day of May, 1954.

Evidence that appellant committed the offense is shown by the testimony of the prosecuting witness, Bobby Newland. The court in its charge instructed the jury that the witness, Newland, was an accomplice as a matter of law and therefore his testimony...

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