Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

The corpus delicti rule, which requires that an out-of-court confession be corroborated by some evidence that the offense actually was committed, was satisfied despite the fact that a sexual assault defendant repudiated his extrajudicial confession at trial.

Appellate Information

• Decided 10/09/2002
• Published 10/09/2002

Judges

Court

• Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Thomas F. Greenwell, Corpus Christi, for Appellant., James D. Rosenkild, Asst. DA, Corpus Christi, Matthew Paul, State's Atty., Austin, for State.