Archives for: January 24th, 2013

In a decision sure to impact many cases pending in the court system today, the Colorado Supreme Court has done away with the corpus delicti rule.  This rule required the prosecution to use more than just a defendant’s confession to prove that a crime occurred; that is, if all the prosecution had was the defendant’s confession, that would not be enough to proceed.

 

The decision instead articulates a trustworthiness