PROTZ v. STATE

No. C14-82-00746-CR.

681 S.W.2d 296 (1984)

James Raymond PROTZ, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Houston (14th Dist.).

November 15, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William D. Tipton, Houston, for appellant.

Calvin Hartmann, Houston, for appellee.

Before JUNELL, and SEARS, JJ., and T. GILBERT SHARPE, J. (Retired).


OPINION

JUNELL, Justice.

A jury convicted appellant of unauthorized use of a motor vehicle and sentenced him to 16 years imprisonment and a $10,000 fine. We reverse and remand with instructions to enter a judgment of acquittal because the evidence was insufficient to corroborate an accomplice's testimony that appellant operated a stolen van.

Roy Collin Brown, the accomplice witness, testified that he and appellant were at Windsor Plaza in Houston...

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