State ex rel. Morgenstern v. Milledge

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• holding that corpus delicti challenge to trial court’s consideration of a confession was not waived because it was raised during closing argument prior to the factfinder’s deliberations
• noting that a defendant must preserve a corpus delicti argument by objecting when the Commonwealth attempts to admit the confession
• “As Appellant did not raise any objection to the Commonwealth’s admission of this evidence during the Commonwealth’s presentation of this evidence, we do not find that Appellant has properly preserved a [corpus delicti] challenge to the admissibility of the confession.”

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