State v. Bridges, ___ N.C. App. ___, 810 S.E.2d 365 (Feb. 6, 2018)

In this possession of methamphetamine case, the court rejected the defendant’s argument that her admission to an officer that she possessed “meth” in her bra was insufficient to establish the nature of the controlled substance under the corpus delicti rule. The defendant’s out-of-court statement to the officer was corroborated by the physical object of the crime. Specifically, law enforcement found a crystal-like substance in the defendant’s bra. Additionally, an investigation revealed that the individual from whom the defendant admitted purchasing the substance had been under surveillance for drug-related activity.