State v. Jensen

PARKER, Judge.

Defendant assigns error to denial of his motions for non-suit. He contends there was insufficient evidence aliunde his extrajudicial confessions to warrant submitting the case to the jury. We find no error.

The proof of every crime consists of (1) proof that the crime charged was committed by someone and (2) proof that defendant was the perpetrator of the crime. The first shows the corpus delicti; the second shows defendant’s guilty participation therein. State v. Thomas, 15 N.C. App. 289, 189 S.E. 2d 765 (1972). A naked extrajudicial confession or admission of guilt by one…