State v. Pratte

DON E. BURRELL, Judge.

Joshua T. Pratte (“Defendant”) was convicted after a bench trial of the class B felony of second-degree robbery. See section 569.030. 1 In a single point relied on, Defendant now appeals his conviction, claiming the trial court committed plain error when it considered Defendant’s confession in determining his guilt because “there was no independent proof of the corpus delicti of the offensef.]” Specifically, Defendant alleges that while the State independently “could show [ ] that [the victim] was injured; it offered no evidence that any of his property was taken.”

Because…