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title: O.C.G.A. § 24-8-823. Admissions and confessions received with care; no conviction on uncorroborated confession.
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# O.C.G.A. § 24-8-823. Admissions and confessions received with care; no conviction on uncorroborated confession.

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.

## History

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