Indiana Supreme Court May 29, 1980, 179S19 (Grey v. State)

PRENTICE, Justice.

Defendant (Appellant) was convicted in a trial by jury of rape of a child under the age of twelve (12) years, Ind.Code § 35-13-4-3 (Burns 1975), and sentenced to life imprisonment. His appeal presents the following issues:

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(1) Whether there was sufficient evidence of the

corpus delicti,

independent of the defendant’s extra-judicial confession.