United States v. Johnny Lamar Frazier

This is an appeal from conviction by a jury on two counts under the Dyer Act, 18 U.S.C. § 2312.

Appellant asserts that before offering his confession the government was required, but failed, to introduce independent evidence sufficient to prove the corpus delicti. It is now established that the corroborative evidence independent of the confession need not be sufficient to establish the corpus delicti but must be “substantial independent evidence which would tend to establish the trustworthiness of the statement. * * * It is sufficient if the corroboration supports the essential facts admitted…