RUNKLE v. STATE

No. 44984.

484 S.W.2d 912 (1972)

Robert Niel RUNKLE, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

Rehearing Denied October 18, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Doran, Gulley & Murrah by Haygood Gulley, Del Rio, for appellant.

John F. Pettit, Dist. Atty., Del Rio, and Jim D. Vollers, State's Atty., and Robert A. Huttash, Asst. State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


OPINION

ODOM, Judge.

This appeal is from a conviction for the offense of murder with malice. Punishment was assessed by the jury at confinement for a term of ninety-nine years.

Three grounds of error are alleged, all challenging the sufficiency of the evidence to corroborate the testimony of the accomplice witness and the sufficiency of the court's charge regarding the accomplice witness.

On April 2, 1970, Lloyd Mercer was employed by the...

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