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PEOPLE v. BOTT

Court of Appeals No. 15CA2149.

479 P.3d 29 (2019)

2019 COA 100

The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Joshua Christian BOTT, Defendant-Appellant.

Colorado Court of Appeals, Div. V.

Announced July 3, 2019.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Philip J. Weiser , Attorney General, William G. Kozeliski , Assistant Attorney General, Denver, Colorado, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Megan A. Ring , Colorado State Public Defender, Mark Evans , Deputy State Public Defender, Denver, Colorado, for Defendant-Appellant.

¶ 1 In 2004, when defendant, Joshua Christian Bott, allegedly molested his infant daughter, Colorado firmly adhered to the "corpus delicti" rule. That rule requires the prosecution to present evidence other than the defendant's confession to prove that the crime occurred. By the time of Bott's trial in 2015, the Colorado...

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