Legal Opinion

State v. Cardenas-Flores

Washington Supreme Court

Decided August 17, 2017No. 93385-5Published

1Opinion of the Court

/Fl L'E This opinion was filed for record g ,'0~) 4-wi on UJ0a-<5vS:7\f- :) / IN CLERKS OFFICE aJPflBIE COURT, 8TATE OF WAflHINGTON at /-7, ).,.o I , I "\ DATE AUG 1 7.J017 ''.1M;\ lvyw,t . ('~ CHIEF JUSTICE ~~ SUSAN L. CARLSON SUPREME COURT CLERK IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON STATE OF WASHINGTON, Respondent, NO. 93385-5 V. ENBANC ZAIDA YESENIA CARDENAS-FLORES, Petitioner. Filed AUG 1 7 2017 STEPHENS, J.-The doctrine of corpus delicti protects against convictions based on false confessions, requiring evidence of the "'body of the crime.'" State v. Aten, 130 Wn.2d 640, 655-57,

2Cases cited69 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. In Re WINSHIPSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
  3. Opper v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
  4. State v. GreenWashington Supreme Court · 1980
  5. State v. SalinasWashington Supreme Court · 1992

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