Burke v. State

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• finding the trial court was within its discretion to deny an instruction on accomplice testimony because the witness, to whom the instruction was directed, was convicted as an accessory after the fact, not an accomplice
• finding the trial court 19 was within its discretion to deny an instruction on accomplice testimony because the witness, to whom the instruction was directed, was convicted as an accessory after the fact, not an accomplice
• The fact that the referred-to witness was not a close relative who would ordinarily be expected to be put in an unacceptable compromising position should he be called to testify was a factor considered for equal availability

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