STATE v. TALBOT

No. 18340.

665 P.2d 1274 (1983)

STATE of Utah, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. Sandra J. TALBOT, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of Utah.

May 24, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gary H. Weight, Provo, for defendant and appellant.

David L. Wilkinson, Atty. Gen., Robert Parrish, Salt Lake City, for plaintiff and respondent.


PER CURIAM:

Defendant was convicted by a jury of manslaughter1 by recklessly causing the death of her 17-month-old illegitimate son. The thrust of her appeal is that the prosecution did not prove a "corpus delicti," and that the trial court erred in admitting defendant's voluntary statement after she had waived her Miranda rights. Defendant contends that in Utah "a statement of an accused cannot be used to establish the corpus delicti...

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