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THOMAS v. STATE

No. 29639.

313 S.W.2d 311 (1958)

Varona THOMAS, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

April 23, 1958.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. B. Chauncey, Hubbard, Bernard Martin, Wichita Falls, for appellant.

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

MORRISON, Presiding Judge.

The offense is murder; the punishment, 25 years.

The sufficiency of the evidence to corroborate the testimony of the accomplice witness is seriously challenged.

Article 718, Vernon's Ann.C.C.P., provides:

"A conviction cannot be had upon the testimony of an accomplice unless corroborated by other evidence tending to connect the defendant with the offense committed; and the corroboration is not sufficient if it merely...

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