People v. Gould

Following a jury trial, defendant was convicted of false pretenses over $100, MCL 750.218; MSA 28.415. Subsequently, defendant was bench-convicted on a supplemental information as a second-felony offender, MCL 769.10; MSA 28.1082. She was sentenced to five years probation, the first twelve months to be served in the county jail. Defendant appeals as of right, raising the sole issue of whether her extrajudicial confessions were properly admitted into evidence at trial where the prosecution failed to establish the corpus delicti of the crime. We find that they were not and reverse her…