ROGERS v. STATE

No. 43305.

461 S.W.2d 399 (1970)

Meriel ROGERS, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

Rehearing Denied January 20, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James S. McGrath, Beaumont (by Court appointment), George Sladczyk, Jr., Port Arthur (by Court appointment), for appellant.

W. C. Lindsey, Dist. Atty. and John R. De Witt, Asst. Dist. Atty., Beaumont, and Jim D. Vollers, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


OPINION

ONION, Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction for murder with the punishment being assessed by the jury at life imprisonment.1

We are confronted at the outset with the most serious question in the case—whether the evidence is sufficient to corroborate the testimony of the accomplice witness Jones.

The body of Mrs. Eunice Mouton, the sole employee of the Home Laundry Substation at 9th and Kansas...

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