COOPER v. STATE

No. 49328.

631 S.W.2d 508 (1982)

Jack Wayne COOPER, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, En Banc.

April 21, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Randy Schaffer, Houston (court appointed on appeal only), for appellant.

Carol S. Vance, Dist. Atty. and James C. Brough, Asst. Dist. Atty., Houston, Robert Huttash, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

Before the court en banc.


OPINION

McCORMICK, Judge.

This Court earlier granted appellant an out-of-time appeal in this case. Appellant was convicted of burglary of a habitation. Punishment, enhanced by two prior convictions for burglary, was assessed at life in the Texas Department of Corrections.

Initially, appellant contends that the evidence was insufficient to corroborate the testimony of appellant's accomplice who testified for the State.

The evidence showed...

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