24-8-823. Admissions and confessions received with care; no conviction on uncorroborated confession.

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All admissions shall be scanned with care, and confessions of guilt shall be received with great caution. A confession alone, uncorroborated by any other evidence, shall not justify a conviction.

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Code 1981, § 24-8-823, enacted by Ga. L. 2011, p. 99, § 2/HB 24.

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Text read from t24-ch8-14-(v20a)-2023-pdf.pdf, Volume V20A, 2023 edition, page 282; merge action: annotated; file SHA-256 5c80296e7624.