Brown v. State

On Rehearing.

Among the alleged errors assigned for reversal is that there is no sufficient proof of the corpus delicti.

It is contended that the proof of the corpus delicti is based solely upon the extrajudicial confession of the defendant.

To prove the offense charged the state relied wholly upon the testimony of L. D. Rhodes, in substance as follows :

“I’m a trooper with the State Highway Patrol. I saw the defendant about one half mile south of Grant, there had been an accident reported, I went there to investigate it, there was an auto on the right side of the road and John was in another car…