Vasquez v. State (2001)

In Vasquez v. State, 56 S.W.3d 46 (Tex. Crim. App. 2001), the Court of Criminal Appeals squarely addressed the question of whether Tex. Code Crim. Proc article 38.14 requires corroboration of accomplice-witness testimony regarding a deadly weapon finding. In concluding that it does not, the court noted: "Article 38.14, by its very terms, requires corroboration of accomplice testimony for a conviction only. This means there must be some non-accomplice evidence tending to connect the defendant to the crime, not to every element of the crime. The corroboration requirements are inapplicable to the testimony of accomplice witnesses regarding the use or exhibition of a deadly weapon." Id. at 48.