Wornum v. Gay, Hardie & Co.

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• providing that corpus delicti must be proved by evidence other than defendant’s confession
• “[a] confession alone ought not to be sufficient evidence of the corpus delicti. There should be other proof that a crime has actually been committed, and the confession should only be allowed for the purpose of connecting the defendant with the offense”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).