Cambron v. State

Appellant, Jimmy Ray Cambrón, was indicted for first degree murder, IC 1971, 35-13-4-1, being Burns § 10-3401. In a trial by jury in LaPorte Circuit Court, Judge Alban M. Smith presiding, appellant was found guilty of second degree murder, IC 1971, 35-1-54-1, being Burns § 10-3404, and sentenced to fifteen to twenty-five years imprisonment.

He appeals on two grounds: (1) that the court erred in admitting into evidence two photographs; (2) that the evidence independent of appellant’s out-of-court confession was insufficient to establish the corpus delicti and to support the verdict.

The…