Smith v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1963
Citation profile
12
cited by 12 later decisions
1
states following
April 1989
most recently cited
12 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 146 Tex. Crim. 627 - Witt v. State · 170 Tex. Crim. 512 - Marsh v. State · 167 Tex. Crim. 349 - Virginia Pauline Board v. State · 155 Tex. Crim. 336 - Ellison v. State
Most-quoted passages
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“It is well settled that a confession, alone, is not sufficient to support a conviction. It must be corroborated. There must be proof that the offense was committed— that is, the corpus delicti must be proved. The confession may be used to aid in proving the corpus delicti but is not alone sufficient.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Hernandez v. State
How this case has been treated — in progress
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