Bradford v. State

OPINION

Ken Wise, Justice

A jury found appellant Elena Antoinette Bradford guilty of failing to report child abuse.1 In a single issue, appellant contends that the evidence is legally insufficient under the corpus delicti rule because there is no evidence corroborating her extrajudicial confession. The State contends that the corpus delicti rule does not apply because appellant did not “confess” to the crime. The State does not argue that there is any corroborating evidence of appellant’s guilt.

We hold that the corpus delicti rule applies, and no evidence corroborates the corpus delicti.…