Askea v. State
Askea v. State
1 Ga. L. Rep. 15
Askea v. State
Opinion of the Court
The rule that a conviction cannot be had on the uncorroborated testimony of an accomplice, applies only to cases of felony. In misdemeanors the complicity of the wituess goes to his credit; ana' in this case the defendant was convicted and sentenced for a misdemeanor. 43 Ga., 197.
(a.) The witness claimed to be an accomplice in this case was suffix ciently corroborated by other testimony.
(b.) The wife of an accomplice isa competent witness to testify to any fact in a criminal proceeding not aghinst her husband, if he be not ■on trial, and not affected by such testimony. Code, §3854. >
Judgment affirmed.
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