Washington Supreme Court· 11/27/1996

State v. Ray

Citations

130 Wash. 2d 673
926 P.2d 904
1996 Wash. LEXIS 786

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applying the corpus delicti rule to reverse the conviction of a defendant who confessed to forcing his three-year-old daughter to fondle his penis
reinstating the trial court's order dismissing the charge because the State failed to establish corpus delicti independent of the defendant's confession
\This court has infrequently discussed under what conditions it should disregard the doctrine of stare decisis and overturn an established rule of law.\
“This court has infrequently discussed under what conditions it should disregard the doctrine of stare decisis and overturn an established rule of law.”
“[C]orpus delecti is not established when independent evidence supports reasonable and logical inferences of both criminal agency and noncriminal cause.” (emphasis omitted and internal quotation marks and citation omitted)
“It is sufficient if the independent evidence prima facie establishes the corpus delicti”

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Judges: Dolliver, Talmadge

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