State v. Harrington

SHARP, W., J.,

concurring specially.

I agree the order granting Harrington’s motion for judgment of acquittal should be reversed and the trial court directed to reinstate the jury verdict finding him guilty of attempted lewd or lascivious battery. However, I disagree that our reversal should be solely based on Harrington’s failure to timely object to the admission of his confession to the police officers.1

In my opinion, there was sufficient evidence (corpus delicti) adduced to permit the admission of Harrington’s confession to the police officers that he had sex with the fourteen-year old…