UNITED STATES v. FRAZIER

No. 29201.

434 F.2d 994 (1970)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Johnny Lamar FRAZIER, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

December 2, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fred G. Helmsing, Mobile, Ala. (court-appointed), for defendant-appellant.

C. S. White-Spunner, Jr., U. S. Atty., Irwin W. Coleman, Jr., Asst. U. S. Atty., Mobile, Ala., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before RIVES, WISDOM and GODBOLD, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

This is an appeal from conviction by a jury on two counts under the Dyer Act, 18 U.S.C. § 2312.

Appellant asserts that before offering his confession the government was required, but failed, to introduce independent evidence sufficient to prove the corpus delicti. It is now established that the corroborative evidence independent of the confession need not be sufficient to establish the corpus delicti but must be "substantial independent evidence...

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