corpus delicti rule

Criminal law. The doctrine that prohibits a prosecutor from proving the corpus delicti based solely on a defendant’s extrajudicial statements.

• The prosecution must establish the corpus delicti with corro-borating evidence to secure a conviction. [Cases: Criminal Law 412(6), 517.3. C.J.S. Criminal Law §§ 942–945.]

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