Legal Opinion

State v. McConville

Court of Appeals of Washington

Decided July 19, 2004No. 52266-3-IPublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

94 P.3d 401 (2004)

STATE of Washington, Respondent,

v.

James J. McCONVILLE, Appellant.

No. 52266-3-I.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 1.

July 19, 2004.

Corbin T. Volluz, Attorney At Law, Mount Vernon, WA, for Appellant.

Erik Pedersen, Mount Vernon, WA, for Respondent.

AGID, J.

James McConville appeals his conviction of one count of first degree theft. He argues that the State lacked sufficient evidence, independent of his confessions, to prove the corpus delicti of the crime charged. The trial court rejected this claim because the corpus delicti rule governs whether confessions are admissible…

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