How has the court interpreted the corpus delicti rule in the context of an assault case?

The court cited, among its several prior holdings on the subject, People v. Jones (1998) 17 Cal.4th 279, 70 Cal.Rptr.2d 793, 949 P.2d 890. There, it had emphasized that: "[W]e have never interpreted the corpus delicti rule so strictly that independent evidence of every physical act constituting an element of an offense is necessary. Instead, there need only be independent evidence establishing a slight or prima facie showing of some injury, loss or harm, and that a criminal agency was involved." ( Id. at p. 303, 70 Cal.Rptr.2d 793, 949 P.2d 890, emphasis supplied.)