People v. Terlisner

Where defendant is charged with murder in the perpetration of robbery, MCL 750.316; MSA 28.548, and where the only evidence linking defendant to the crime is defendant’s ex tra-judicial confession that he was, at most, an accomplice, and not a direct participant, is it necessary for the prosecution to prove the corpus delicti of aiding and abetting independent of defendant’s extra-judicial confession? The trial court answered this question of first impression in Michigan in the negative and denied defendant’s motion to suppress the confession. Following trial by jury, defendant was found…