17 Ala. App. 305
84 So 785
Decided January 13, 1920
Alabama Court of Appeals · decided 1920-01-13
<p>Criminal Law <@=>510 — Conviction cannot be Sustained by Uncorroborated Testimony of Accomplices.</p> <p>Where, in a prosecution for burglary, the only evidence tending to connect defendant with the crime charged was testimony of accomplices, he was entitled to the affirmative charge, in view of Code 1907, § 7897, requiring testimony of accomplices to be corroborated to authorize conviction of felony.</p> <p><@=>For other cases see same topic and KEY-NUMBER, in ail Key-Numbered Digests and Indexes</p>
Reversed and remanded · Decided 1920-01-13
¶1 The only evidence tending to connect the defendant with the commission of the crime charged is the testimony of accomplices'. The conviction was for a felony. Under section 7897 of the Code of 1907 the defendant was entitled to the affirmative charge. For this error the judgment must be reversed, and the cause remanded.
¶2 Reversed and remanded.