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STATE v. CARDENAS-FLORES

NO. 93385-5.

401 P.3d 19 (2017)

STATE of Washington, Respondent, v. Zaida Yesenia CARDENAS-FLORES, Petitioner.

Supreme Court of Washington.

Filed August 17, 2017.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jodi R. Backlund , Manek R. Mistry , Backlund & Mistry, P.O. Box 6490, Olympia, WA, 98507-6490, for Petitioner.

Aaron Bartlett , Attorney at Law, P.O. Box 5000, 1013 Franklin St., Vancouver, WA, 98666-5000, for Respondent.

¶ 1 The doctrine of corpus delicti protects against convictions based on false confessions, requiring evidence of the "`body of the crime.'" State v. Aten, 130 Wn.2d 640, 655-57, 927 P.2d 210 (1996). The primary question in this case is whether, in light...

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