Opinion ID: 1434221
Heading Depth: 4
Heading Rank: 3

Heading: Corroborating or Conflicting Evidence

Text: When Detective Randall, who prepared the envelope of purple tell-tale powder interrogated Jensen shortly after he opened the rigged envelope, Jensen admitted that he had engaged in the conduct for which he was convicted in 1989. He also testified that he pled guilty (though he actually pled no-contest) and that he was guilty of the offense. Though no physical evidence connects Jensen to the 1989 conviction, Jensen's own testimony corroborated Lieutenant Wolter's testimony. However, no evidence corroborated the details of the prior conviction; those details came solely from Lieutenant Wolter's testimonial evidence. Thus, though Jensen corroborated the existence of the 1989 conviction, none of the details used by the prosecution in building its case for Jensen's scheme to have physical interactions with young girls were corroborated.