Legal Opinion
State v. Weldon
Utah Supreme Court
Decided August 9, 1957No. 8561PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CROCKETT, Justice.
Clyde Arnold Weldon was found guilty by the court of conspiracy to commit robbery.1 He had given a confession to the crime which was introduced in evidence and formed the basis of his conviction. The ground of his unsuccessful motion for dismissal below, and on appeal, is .that there was not sufficient evidence, independent of his confession to establish the corpus delicti •of the crime and justify his conviction.
The pertinent facts are: Shortly after midnight on May 15, 1956, Jack F. Miller, a policeman of Cedar City, Utah, acting on information that a robbery of the…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- State v. Van VlackIdaho Supreme Court · 1937
- Campbell v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1953
- State v. McQuinnSupreme Court of Missouri · 1951
- State v. WellsUtah Supreme Court · 1909
- State v. BatesSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1955
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- Provo City Corp. v. SpottsCourt of Appeals of Utah · 1993
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