Thompson v. State

BOOKOUT, Judge.

Carnal knowledge, or abuse in the attempt to carnally know a girl under the age of twelve years; sentence: ten years imprisonment.

Appellant confessed to abusing a five-year-old girl’s genitalia. As a result, the girl was injured and had to be examined by a physician.

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Appellant contends that there was insufficient proof of the corpus delicti to allow introduction of his confession into evidence.

Proof of the corpus delicti requires that the State present evidence which connotes the commission of the offense by the criminal agency of someone. Proof of the corpus delicti does not…