122 Tex. Crim. 331 - Rogers v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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1. “"This Honorable Court spoke further to this question in Rogers v. State ([ 122 Tex.Cr.R. 331 ] 54 S.W.2d 1010 Tex.Crim. App.1932). Judge Morrow gave the opinion. He stated as follows: "`The law declares that there must be corroborating evidence tending to connect the defendant with the offense committed, and the corroboration is not sufficient if it merely show the commission of the offense. Article 718, C.C.P. 1925. This statute was in the first Code of Criminal Procedure adopted in this state, and since its adoption it has remained unchanged. (It remains the same today [see Art. 38.14 Vernon's Ann.C.C.P.]). Speaking of it in a recent case, the following language was used: "In the reports the word `tend' has been defined `to have a leaning' (Chandler v. State, 89 Tex.Cr.R. 597 , 232 S.W. 318 ); `serve, contribute or conduce in some degree or way', or `have a more or less direct bearing or effect' (Boone v. State, 90 Tex. Cr. R. 374, 235 S.W. 580, 584 ); `to be directed as to any end, object, or purpose' (Nash v. State, 61 Tex.Cr.R. 259 , 134 S. W. 709 ); and in Webster's Dictionary, the word `tend' is thus defined: `To be directed or have a tendency, conscious or unconscious, to any end, object or purpose'." Shrader v. State, (Tex.Cr.App. [ 121 Tex.Cr.R. 623 ] 51 S.W.2d 607, 609 ). See also, Minor v. State, 108 Tex.Cr.R. 1 , 299 S.W. 422 . The requirement of the statute may be met by circumstances as well as by direct evidence. See Nash v. State, 61 Tex.Cr.R. 259 , 134 S.W. ”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Paulus v. State · Reynolds v. State