STATE v. DOUGLAS

No. 4850.

102 N.H. 525 (1960)

STATE v. JOHN E. DOUGLAS.

Supreme Court of New Hampshire.

Decided June 27, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis C. Wyman, Attorney General, William J. O'Neil, Assistant to the Attorney General, and Arthur Olson, Jr., county attorney (Mr. O'Neil orally), for the State.

William D. Tribble (by brief and orally), for the defendant.


WHEELER, J.

The principal contention of the defendant is that the State's evidence is insufficient to establish the corpus delicti of the offense charged because it must be considered independently of any extrajudicial admission of the defendant in determining whether the State's evidence is sufficient to establish his guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.

The defendant relies upon the great weight of authority which holds that an extrajudicial confession...

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