State v. Sturgill, Unpublished Decision (12-6-2004)

OPINION

{¶ 1} Plaintiff-appellant, the state of Ohio, appeals a decision of the Clermont County Court of Common Pleas, sustaining the objection of defendant-appellee, Sarah Sturgill, based on the corpus delicti rule, to the admission of her confession into evidence. We reverse the decision of the trial court and remand this matter for further proceedings.

{¶ 2} The following evidence was adduced at trial. Colleen Sturgill is the grandmother of two and a half-year-old M.S. and her younger brother. Clermont County Department of Job and Family Services ("CCDJFS") had placed the children in…