State v. Manzella

I disagree with the majority’s conclusion that the state produced sufficient “other proof’ to corroborate defendant’s confession or to prove the corpus delicti.

The record in this case is sparse. A police officer was called to the scene of an accident. When he arrived there were no cars in the street. There were some cars parked in a parking lot next to the street. Defendant was in the parking lot. He told the officer that his car was a 1976 Toyota two-door sedan and that he had stopped to make a left turn when his car was hit from behind. In response to the officer’s questions, defendant said…