State v. Brockob

¶1 — These three appeals have been transferred to this court from the Court of Appeals, Division Two, and consolidated to determine two issues common to all three petitioners. First, whether there was independent evidence sufficient to corroborate the petitioners’ incriminating statements to law enforcement officers under the corpus delicti rule. Second, whether there was sufficient evidence to support the convictions. Each case also presents other unrelated issues.

Fairhurst, J.

¶2 We conclude the independent evidence was insufficient to corroborate Michael Justin Brockob’s incriminating…