Simmons v. State

Texas Court of Criminal Appeals · Decided 2009-04-29

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OPINION HERVEY, J., delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court. Article 38.14, Tex.Code Crim. Proc., provides that a defendant cannot be convicted of an offense upon the testimony of an accomplice without other corroborating evidence “tending to connect” the defendant to the offense. In this case, the court of appeals,…

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