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COSTON v. STATE

No. 27937.

287 S.W.2d 671 (1956)

W. M. COSTON, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

February 1, 1956.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Florence & Florence, Gilmer, for appellant.

James L. Hartsfield, County Atty., Quitman, Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

MORRISON, Presiding Judge.

The offense is burglary; the punishment, two years.

This is the second appeal in this case. In our prior opinion, Coston v. State, Tex.Cr. App., 268 S.W.2d 180, we expressed doubt as to the sufficiency of the evidence to corroborate the testimony of the accomplice. The case now before us is far weaker than on the prior appeal.

The State was handicapped by having to make out its case by...

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