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STATE v. McARTHUR

No. 26742.

899 A.2d 691 (2006)

96 Conn.App. 155

STATE of Connecticut v. Gregory McARTHUR.

Appellate Court of Connecticut.

Decided June 20, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Pamela S. Nagy, special public defender, for the appellant (defendant).

James A. Killen, senior assistant state's attorney, with whom, on the brief, were James E. Thomas, state's attorney, and Gary W. Nicholson, senior assistant state's attorney, for the appellee (state).

PETERS, J.

Concern about the trustworthiness of confessions of criminal misconduct has led to the enunciation of the corpus delicti rule, pursuant to which a criminal conviction cannot be based only on an uncorroborated extrajudicial confession of guilt. State v. Farnum, 275 Conn. 26, 33, 878 A.2d 1095 (2005). In this case, the defendant confessed to conduct implicating himself in the abduction...

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