State v. Maranda

Citations

• 94 Ohio St. 364
• 114 N.E. 1038
• 1916 Ohio LEXIS 145

Syllabus

<p>Criminal law — Corpus delicti defined — Sufficiency and weight of evidence — Confession or extraneous evidence.</p> <p>1. By the corpus delicti of a crime is meant the body or substance of the crime, included in which are usually two elements:</p> <p>1. The act. 2. The criminal agency of the act.</p> <p>2. It has long been established as a general rule in Ohio that there must be some evidence outside of a confession, tending to establish the corpus delicti, before such confession is admissible. The quantum or weight of such outside or extraneous evidence is not of itself to be equal to proof beyond a reasonable doubt, rior even enough to make it a prima facie case. It is sufficient if there is some evidence outside of the confession that tends to prove some material element of the crime charged.</p>