173 N.C. App. 600 - State v. Highsmith’s Empirical Analysis
2005
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
1
states following
June 2014
most recently cited
6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Boyce Motor Lines, Inc. v. United States · In Re the Appeal From the Civil Penalty · Schwartz v. Pennsylvania · Castro v. United States · State v. Golphin
Most-quoted passages
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““[independent evidence of the corpus delicti ... does not equate with independent evidence as to each essential element of the offense charged. Applying the more traditional definition of cor pus delicti, the requirement of corroborative evidence would be met if that evidence tended to establish the essential harm, and it would not be fatal to the State’s case if some elements of the crime were proved solely by defendant’s confession.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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