Legal Opinion

State v. Puckett

Ohio Court of Appeals

Decided December 28, 2010No. 10CA3153PublishedCited by 39 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

*751Abele, Judge.

{¶ 1} This is an appeal from a Ross County Common Pleas Court judgment of conviction and sentence. The trial court found Darrell A. Puckett, defendant below and appellant herein, guilty of rape, in violation of R.C. 2907.02, and sentenced him to life in prison.

{¶ 2} Appellant raises the following assignments of error for review:

FIRST ASSIGNMENT OF ERROR:

The trial court committed a plain error when it allowed the appellant’s confession to be admitted as the appellee had not established the corpus delicti of the offense of rape.

SECOND ASSIGNMENT OF ERROR:

Appellant’s conviction on…

2Cases cited24 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. United States v. OlanoSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
  3. State v. ThompkinsOhio Supreme Court · 1997
  4. State v. JenksOhio Supreme Court · 1991
  5. State v. MartinOhio Court of Appeals · 1983

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3Cited by39 opinions

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