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34 Tex. 133

Lopez v. State

Texas Supreme Court

Decided July 1, 1871

Texas Supreme Court · decided 1871-07-01

<p>Appeal from Hays. Tried below before the Hon. J. P. Richárdsó'n'.</p> <p>The charge in the indictment was burglary. Both the appellant and Williams, the witness, were charged in the same indictment ; but the district attorney, during the progress of the trial, dismissed as to Williams, and used him as a witness against the appellant.</p>

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Decided 1871-07-01

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Ogden, J.

¶1The defendant in the court below was convicted entirely upon the testimony of Sheridan Williams, who was jointly indicted with the appellant, and whose testimony shows most clearly that if the appellant committed the crime as charged, then’ he, the witness, was an accomplice with him. Under our statute" no person can be convicted of a crime upon the uncorroborated testimony of an accomplice. ■ The conviction was therefore in violation of the statute, and a new trial should have been granted.

¶2For this error the judgment is reversed and the cause remanded.

¶3Reversed and remanded.

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