Edith Reynolds, Appellant v. the State of Texas, Appellee

Summary

The Court of Criminal Appeals reversed Edith Reynolds' murder conviction and remanded the case, holding that the accomplice testimony was not sufficiently corroborated by other evidence. The majority applied the statutory test that corroboration must tend to connect the defendant with the crime, and found the record lacking. The dissent argued that the circumstantial evidence alone, plus corroborating testimony, was sufficient to sustain the conviction and urged affirmation.