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People v. Lane

The People v. William Lane

People v. Lane, 13 N.W. 622 (Mich. 1882)
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Court
Michigan Supreme Court · State Highest Courts
Decided
October 20, 1882
Judges
Cooley, Other
Citations
13 N.W. 62249 Mich. 3401882 Mich. LEXIS 571
Disposition
Conviction set aside and prisoner discharged.
Cited by 18
Headnotes
Confessions. In a prosecution for an attempt to murder, the respondent’s unsupported confession is not sufficient evidence of the corpas delicti.
Summary
Exceptions before judgment from Wayne. Information for attempt to kill and murder. Respondent was convicted.

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Opinion of the Court — Cooley

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Cooley, J.

The respondent was convicted of an attempt to murder one Allen by administering morphine to him. The evidence that any such offence was committed was the respondent’s admission. The medical and other evidence in the case tended very strongly to show that the admission was unfounded. The defendant on the trial' explained his story by saying that he invented it to get up a sensation by way of advertisement for a firm of sensational doctors. The explanation was extraordinary, but on the evidence it is more credible than the confession on which respondent was convicted.

An unsupported confession should not be received as sufficient evidence of the- corpus delicti. People v. Hennessey 15 Wend. 147 ; Stringfellow v. State 26 Miss. 157 ; States. Guild 5 Halsted 163. The respondent on the case submitted to the jury was entitled to an acquittal, and the conviction must be set aside and a discharge ordered The other Justices concurred.

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Cited by 18 cases

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1896: 11903: 11908: 11912: 11918: 21923: 11925: 11933: 11939: 11940: 21968: 11972: 21975: 11978: 11991: 118962026peak 1918 · 2

Relies on it most ⓘ

  1. People v. Cotton478 N.W.2d 681 (Mich. Ct. App. 1991)
  2. Naftzger v. United States200 F. 494 (8th Cir. 1912)
  3. People v. Mumford230 N.W.2d 395 (Mich. Ct. App. 1975)
  4. People v. Wells274 N.W.2d 797 (Mich. Ct. App. 1978)
  5. Breitmayer v. United States249 F. 929 (6th Cir. 1918)
  6. People v. Allen197 N.W.2d 874 (Mich. Ct. App. 1972)

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  1. People v. Cotton478 N.W.2d 681 (Mich. Ct. App. 1991)
  2. People v. Wells274 N.W.2d 797 (Mich. Ct. App. 1978)
  3. People v. Mumford230 N.W.2d 395 (Mich. Ct. App. 1975)
  4. People v. Allen197 N.W.2d 874 (Mich. Ct. App. 1972)
  5. People v. Kozlow196 N.W.2d 792 (Mich. Ct. App. 1972)
  6. People v. Barron163 N.W.2d 219 (Mich. 1968)

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DepthCaseCited by
People v. Hennessey, 15 Wend. 147 (N.Y. Sup. Ct. 1836) 31
Stringfellow v. State, 26 Miss. 157 (1853) 25

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