STATE v. MANZELLA

TC 60647; CA A43306; SC S34693.

759 P.2d 1078 (1988)

306 Or. 303

STATE of Oregon, Respondent On Review, v. James Francis MANZELLA, Jr., Petitioner On Review.

Supreme Court of Oregon, In Banc.

Decided July 26, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven R. Cotton, Gladstone, argued the cause and filed the petition on behalf of the petitioner on review.

Robert M. Atkinson, Asst. Atty. Gen., Salem, argued the cause and filed the response on behalf of the respondent on review. With him on the response were Dave Frohnmayer, Atty. Gen. and Virginia L. Linder, Sol. Gen., Salem.


GILLETTE, Justice.

The issue in this criminal case is whether the state produced sufficient "other evidence" at trial to corroborate defendant's confession for the purpose of ORS 136.425(1), which provides that, in a criminal prosecution, the state must provide "some * * * proof," other than the defendant's confession, "that the crime has been committed."1 The Court of Appeals concluded that the state produced sufficient evidence to corroborate...

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