PERKINS v. STATE

No. 42566.

450 S.W.2d 855 (1970)

R. C. PERKINS, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

February 25, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Spruiell, Lowry, Potter, Lasater & Guinn, by Clarence V. Bray, Tyler, court-appointed, for appellant.

Hunter B. Brush, Dist. Atty., and Rex Kirby, Asst. Dist. Atty., Tyler, and Jim D. Vollers, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


OPINION

DOUGLAS, Judge.

The conviction is for theft of a cash register over the value of $50.00; the punishment, six years.

Appellant contends that the evidence is insufficient to support the conviction, because the witness Henry Bayonne was an accomplice witness as a matter of law, and his testimony was not corroborated.

In substance the testimony of Henry Bayonne is set out below. He testified that he was in the Rose Room Cafe in Tyler...

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