178 W. Va. 581 - State v. Dean’s Empirical Analysis
1987
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
2
states following
December 1995
most recently cited
6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Miranda v. State of Arizona Vignera · Chapman v. State of California · Rose v. Clark · Kahn v. Grant · In re Martin-Trigona
Most-quoted passages
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“[a] conviction in a criminal case is not warranted by the extrajudicial confession of the accused, alone. The confession must be corroborated in a material and substantial manner by evidence aliunde of the carpus delicti. The corroborating evidence, however, need not of itself be conclusive; it is sufficient if[,] when taken in connection with the confession, the crime is established beyond reasonable doubt.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“The purpose of the corroboration rule is to reduce the possibility of punishing a person for a crime which was never, in fact, committed.” Mason, 162 W.Va. at 305 , 249 S.E.2d at 798 . See Dean, 178 W.Va. at 585-86 , 363 S.E.2d at 471-72 .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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