during the guilt phase of a criminal trial an extrajudicial admission is inadmissible in the 23 absence of independent proof of the corpus delicti
How later courts described this case
- during the guilt phase of a criminal trial an extrajudicial admission is inadmissible in the 23 absence of independent proof of the corpus delicti
Written by the judges who cited it.
Later courts went against this
Disapproved on other grounds by People v. Daniels, 52 Cal. 3d 815 (1991)
60 Cal.2d 631 , 648-649, 36 Cal.Rptr. 201 , 388 P.2d 33 , and disapproved on other grounds in People v. Daniels (1991) 52 Cal.3d 815 , 865-866, 277 Cal.Rptr. 122 , 802 P.2d 906
The opinion
McCOMB, J., Concurring and Dissenting.
I would affirm the judgment in its entirety, to wit: (a) finding the defendant guilty of murder in the first degree and (b) fixing the penalty at death.