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Apr 30, 2003 criminal-law smuggling corpus-delicti tariff-and-customs-code evidence witness-testimony

Proving Smuggling Without the Seized Goods: Witness Testimony as Corpus Delicti

The Supreme Court rules that smuggling can be proven by credible witness testimony alone, even without presenting the seized contraband in court.