Wilmer Lane Easter, Appellant v. the State of Texas, Appellee

Summary

The Court affirmed the murder conviction, holding that the appellant's wife was not an accomplice witness and therefore her testimony did not require corroboration under Article 38.14, and that the Arkansas penitentiary papers were admissible. The Court declined to address how the 1974 Penal Code's abolition of the principal/accomplice distinction might affect the accomplice witness rule.