State v. Poulin
Annotate this CaseAfter a jury trial, Defendant was convicted of theft by unauthorized taking or transfer. Defendant appealed, arguing that the trial court erred in finding that the State had met its burden to demonstrate the corpus delicti to allow the admission of evidence of Defendant’s out-of-court incriminating statements. The Supreme Judicial Court affirmed, holding that the trial court did not err when it concluded that the State had presented sufficient evidence to support a substantial belief that someone had stolen a package sent to the victim and, on that basis, admitted evidence of Defendant’s out-of-court inculpatory statements.
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