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EASTER v. STATE

No. 51359.

536 S.W.2d 223 (1976)

Wilmer Lane EASTER, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

Rehearing Denied May 19, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Calvin A. Hartmann, Houston, for appellant.

Carol S. Vance, Dist. Atty., James C. Brough and Andy Tobias, Asst. Dist. Attys., Houston, Jim D. Vollers, State's Atty., and David S. McAngus, Asst. State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

OPINION

ONION, Presiding Judge.

This appeal arises out of a conviction for murder, wherein the jury assessed punishment at life imprisonment.

This appeal presents, among other things, the question of whether an accessory1 is still an accomplice witness so as to require corroboration of such witness' testimony in light of the provisions of the 1974 Penal Code.

In his grounds of error appellant contends his wife...

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