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VASQUEZ v. STATE

No. 1573-00.

56 S.W.3d 46 (2001)

Everado VASQUEZ, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

September 12, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert G. Turner, Houston, for Appellant.

Rikke Burke Graber, Asst. Dist. Atty., Houston, Matthew Paul, State's Attorney, Austin, for the State.

OPINION

KEASLER, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, which KELLER, P.J., and MEYERS, PRICE, WOMACK, HERVEY, and HOLCOMB, JJ., joined.

Statutory law requires that accomplice-witness testimony be corroborated in order for a conviction to be valid. The question before us is whether this law requires corroboration of accomplice-witness testimony regarding a deadly weapon finding. Our answer is no.

Facts

Everado Vasquez and his three...

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