Peacock v. State

Mobley, Chief Justice.

Charles J. Peacock was convicted of the murder of Kenneth Spivey, also known as "Rabbit,” and his sentence was fixed at life imprisonment. In his appeal to this court two issues are involved in the consideration of the errors he enumerates, whether the corpus delicti was established, and whether there was sufficient participation by the appellant in the crime to constitute him a principal.

1. "The essential elements in the proof of the corpus delicti in a case of homicide are: that the person alleged in the indictment to have been killed is actually dead; and that his…