People v. Meyers

FRICKE, J., pro tem.

It is first urged that there was no proof of the corpus delicti independent of the extrajudicial statements of the accused. It appears from the testimony of the autopsy surgeon that he found on the body of the deceased a laceration on the top of the head, a contusion over the left temporal region, an extensive swelling of the left cheek, a black and blue discoloration of the right eye and several lacerations on the lips and chin; that the cause of death was concussion of the brain due to violence; that the concussions were caused by either blows or falls; that in order to…