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Criminal Law Keyed to Weaver
Lane v. Texas
Facts
James Lane (Defendant) and three of his friends, Patricia R. (Patricia), Kris Shank (Shank), and Anna Eason (Eason), participated in the robbery of 71-year-old Hillard Doss (Doss) at Doss’s house in Texas. The robbery was Defendant’s idea. Defendant told his friends that Doss was known to carry large amounts of cash, and all three friends agreed to Defendant’s plan to commit the robbery. Defendant drove his friends to Doss’s home. After arriving, Defendant and Patricia stayed in the car, while Shank and Eason left to carry out the robbery. Shank and Eason returned to the car without having robbed Doss, but Defendant encouraged them to go through with the robbery. Shank and Eason went back to Doss’s house, committed the robbery, and fled the scene with Defendant and Patricia. Afterward, Defendant, Shank, and Eason divided up the money they had stolen from Doss. Defendant was arrested for aggravated robbery of an elderly person. Under Texas law, a criminal defendant could not be convicted if the only evidence against him was uncorroborated accomplice testimony.
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