Clark v. Municipality of Anchorage

The corpus delicti issue that Clark raises in this appeal is not as meritless as the majority opinion suggests. Several courts have struggled with the doctrine of corpus delicti in the context of a motorist’s failure to be licensed or to be properly insured:

See State v. Villa, 179 Ariz. 486, 880 P.2d 706, 707-08 (App.1994); People v. Lara, 30 Cal.App.4th 658, 35 Cal.Rptr.2d 886, 895-96 (1994); People v. Servin, unpublished, 2004 WL 1638163 at *1 (Cal.App.2004); People v. Leandro D., unpublished, 2004 WL 516699 at *3-*4 (Cal.App.2004); State v. Ferris, unpublished, 2001 WL 243424 at *6-*7 (Ohio App.…