State of Minnesota v. Ibn Marchone Abdullah

Syllabus

If the state introduces a defendant's confession into evidence at a criminal trial, Minnesota Statutes section 634.03 (2020) requires the state to corroborate the confession by presenting evidence independent of the confession that reasonably tends to prove that the specific crime charged in the complaint actually occurred. If the defendant is charged with homicide, the state must present evidence independent of the defendant's confession that reasonably tends to prove that someone, but not necessarily the defendant, caused the death of another person in a criminal manner. Affirmed.