Court Opinion

ID: 9825197
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-09-01 12:17:04.963253+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:40:31.525731
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On Rehearing.
 Upon rehearing, this case has been considered by the court as a whole, and the *69principal question involved has had the attentive consideration of every member of this court. We have reached the following conclusions: (1) That the witness Turner Coger, under the undisputed proof, was an accomplice ; (2) that this conviction rested solely upon his testimony; (3) that there was no evidence adduced upon this trial which tended to corroborate said witness Coger as the law requires. The corroboration necessary to a conviction for a felony must be of some fact material to the guilt of the accused, and 'must not relate, as here appears, merely to the commission of the offense. Code 1923, § 5035; Lindsey v. State, 170 Ala. 80, 54 So. 516; Thompkins v. State, 7 Ala. App. 140, 61 So. 479; Morris v. State, 17 Ala. App. 126, 82 So. 574; Burk v. State, 18 Ala. App. 413, 92 So. 506; Owens v. State, 19 Ala. App. 621, 99 So. 774.
As a result of the conclusion aforesaid, the application for rehearing is granted. The judgment of affirmance is set aside, and the cause is reversed and remanded. We now conclude under the evidence here shown that the defendant was entitled to his discharge, and that the court erred in refusing to direct a verdict in his behalf as requested by defendant in writing.
Application granted.
Reversed and remanded.