Robert Lee Holladay, Appellant v. the State of Texas, Appellee

Summary

The Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas granted the State's petition for discretionary review, overruled the precedents County v. State and Fortenberry v. State, and held that the trial judge's general jury instruction on accomplice testimony satisfied Art. 38.14 for a capital murder conviction, thereby reversing the Court of Appeals and affirming the trial court's judgment. Justice Miller dissented, arguing that the instruction should have specifically required corroboration of the elements that make the murder a capital offense.