256 N.C. App. 339 - State v. Sawyers’s Empirical Analysis
2017
Citation profile
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cited by 1 later decisions
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states following
May 2018
most recently cited
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Relationships
Relies on New Jersey v. New York · Negron v. United States · State v. Smith · Delta Airlines, Inc. v. National Union Fire Insurance · State v. Fritsch
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“[T]he [ corpus delicti ] rule requires the State to present evidence tending to show that the crime in question occurred. The rule does not require the State to logically exclude every possibility that the defendant did not commit the crime. Thus, if the State presents evidence tending to establish that the injury or harm constituting the crime occurred and was caused by criminal activity, then the corpus delicti rule is satisfied and the State may use the defend-ant's [sic] confession to prove his identity as the perpetrator.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“presented substantial evidence to establish that the cause of the car accident was criminal activity, i.e. reckless and impaired driving.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“Significantly, however, 'a confession identifying who committed the crime is not subject to the corpus delicti rule.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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