Garza v. State (1996)

In Garza v. State, 915 S.W.2d 204, 210 (Tex.App.--Corpus Christi 1996, pet. ref'd), the appellant argued that absent the accomplice testimony, there was no evidence corroborating his confession and establishing the corpus delicti of the offense. The Garza court found that there is no requirement that accomplice testimony be disregarded in determining whether an extrajudicial confession is adequately corroborated. Id. at 210. It also found the evidence sufficient to establish the corpus delicti of capital murder for remuneration. Id. at 210. The court relied on the testimony from the accomplice showing that the appellant expected to receive payment through the accomplice for the killing and that payment was received immediately after the killing. Id. at 210.