Vassy v. State

Quillian, Presiding Judge.

Appealing his conviction for involuntary manslaughter, the defendant contends that the evidence was legally insufficient to support the verdict in that the proof of the corpus delicti failed to establish the identity of the victim beyond a reasonable doubt. Held:

“The essential elements in the proof of the corpus delicti in a case of homicide are: that the person alleged in the indictment to have been killed is actually dead; and that his death was caused or accomplished by violence, or other direct criminal agency of some other human being.” Reddick v. State, 202 Ga.…