Court Opinion

ID: 9858016
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-09-24 16:11:56.760801+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T10:01:24.724060
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MILLER, Judge,
concurring.
The majority correctly reiterates the doctrine that “testimony elicited from a witness called by the accused and offered by the accused is not accomplice-witness testimony which must be corroborated as contemplated under Article 38.14, Y.A.C.C.P.,” majority opinion, page 311. I note we are not called upon, because neither party has raised the issue, to consider the continued viability of the doctrine vis-a-vis Tex.R. Crim.Evid. 607 abolishing the “voucher” rule. Russeau v. State, 785 S.W.2d 387 (Tex.Cr.App.1990). It may be that in a given situation, such as one where the State on cross examination brings out the incriminating accomplice testimony, the defendant would be entitled to an accomplice witness charge in light of the shift from previous rules of evidence brought on by Rule 607, among others.
MALONEY, J., joins.