STATE v. BASS

No. 292.

116 S.E.2d 772 (1960)

253 N.C. 318

STATE v. Fred BASS, Jr.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

November 9, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

T. W. Bruton, Atty. Gen., Harry W. McGalliard, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State.

H. E. Beech, Kinston, W. G. Pearson, II, Durham, for defendant appellant.


WINBORNE, Chief Justice.

At the outset of this appeal counsel for the accused, conceding for sake of argument that the defendant's confession was voluntary, contends that "a naked extrajudicial confession uncorroborated by independent evidence and proof of corpus delicti, is insufficient to sustain a conviction of the crime charged." In other words, the defendant contends the case should have been nonsuited because, even if the confession were admissible, there...

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