Parks v. State

*413ON MOTION FOR REHEARING.

MORROW, Presiding Judge.

In the argument and motion for rehearing the contention is made that the corpus delicti is not proved. The necessity for such proof is fundamental. See Tex. Jur., vol. 12, p. 270, sec. 42. That the proof may be made by circumstantial evidence is not open to serious question. See Harris v. State, 28 Texas App., 308, and many other cases collated in Tex. Jur., supra, p. 271. See, also, Tex. Jur., vol. 22, pp. 386-387. The identification of the body of the alleged deceased is an essential prerequisite to the conviction of homicide. The statute so…