State v. Trexler

BRANCH, Chief Justice.

The sole question presented by this appeal is whether the majority of the panel in the Court of Appeals correctly determined that the trial court erred in denying defendant’s motion to dismiss on the basis that the State had failed to prove the corpus delicti of the charged offense. The majority felt that it was bound by this Court’s decision in State v. Brown, 308 N.C. 181, 301 S.E. 2d 89 (1983).

There is some question in the present case as to whether defendant’s extrajudicial statements should be categorized as a con fession or an admission. An admission is a statement…