RAYYIS v. SUPERIOR COURT

No. B181214.

35 Cal.Rptr.3d 12 (2005)

133 Cal.App.4th 138

Suad Salim RAYYIS, Petitioner, v. SUPERIOR COURT of the State of California for the County of Los Angeles, Respondent; The People, Real Party in Interest.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division Eight.

October 6, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Law Offices of Richard A. Moss, Richard A. Moss, Pasadena, and Jerry B. Marshak, Los Angeles, for Petitioner.

No appearance for Respondent.

Steve Cooley, District Attorney, Brent Riggs, Brentford Ferreira and Hyman Sisman, Deputy District Attorneys, for Real Party in Interest.


COOPER, P.J.

Like most American jurisdictions, California adheres to the "corpus delicti" rule, under which the corpus delicti—essentially, the fact that a crime has been committed—cannot be proved based solely on extrajudicial statements of the defendant. (People v. Alvarez (2002) 27 Cal.4th 1161, 1169, 1173, 119 Cal.Rptr.2d 903, 46 P.3d 372...

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