People v. Ehlert

In People v. Ehlert, 211 Ill. 2d 192, 811 N.E.2d 620, 285 Ill. Dec. 133 (2004), there was no confession, but more importantly, the decision did not rest upon the State's failure to satisfy the corpus delicti rule. Rather, the court's construct focused upon an additional requirement, that where the State alleges that defendant killed her newborn, it must prove that the infant was born alive. That proof was found to be lacking. Ehlert, 211 Ill. 2d at 209-10, 811 N.E.2d at 630.