Court Opinion

ID: 9653278
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-23 17:43:05.134732+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:12:57.542119
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ON APPELLANT’S MOTION FOR REHEARING
BELCHER, Judge.
Appellant contends that Officer Todd’s testimony shows that he participated with the other officers in causing appellant to procure the girl; therefore, he is an accomplice and his testimony is not sufficient to corroborate the testimony of the other accomplices.
Officer Todd was called as a witness by the appellant. The law does not require the testimony of an accomplice to be corroborated, when given for the accused. The statute forbids conviction upon the testimony of an accomplice, unless corroborated, but does not require such testimony to be corroborated when given for the accused. Josef v. State, 43 Texas Cr. R. 446, 30 S.W. 1067; Williams v. State, 37 S.W. 325.
The motion for rehearing is overruled.
Opinion approved by the court.