Garner v. State

Citations

• 132 Miss. 815
• 96 So. 743
• 1923 Miss. LEXIS 79

Syllabus

<p>Criminal Law. Corpus delicti cannot be proved alone by confession of accused; not necessary that corpus delicti be proved exclusively by other evidence than confession of accused; much slighter evidence required to establish carptis delicti where accused confesses; where accused confesses, any corroborative evidence satisfying mind that accused confessed to real and not imaginary crime held sufficient.</p> <p>The corpus delicti cannot be proven alone by the confession of the accused, but it is not necessary that it be proven exclusively by other evidence than such confession. Where there has been a confession by the accused, much slighter evidence is required to establish the corpus delicti than would be necessary where the state must make out the entire case unaided by such confession. In such a case any corroborative evidence will be held sufficient which satisfies the mind that it is a real and not an imaginary crime which the accused has confessed.</p>