24-8-824. Only voluntary confessions admissible.

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To make a confession admissible, it shall have been made voluntarily, without being induced by another by the slightest hope of benefit or remotest fear of injury.

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

History

Code 1981, § 24-8-824, enacted by Ga. L. 2011, p. 99, § 2/HB 24.

Cross references

Prohibition against compelled self-incrimination, Ga. Const. 1983, Art. I, Sec. I, Para. XVI.

Law reviews

For comment, “School Bullies — They Aren’t Just Students: Examining School Interrogations and the Miranda Warning,” see 59 Mercer L. Rev. 731 (2008). For annual survey on evidence, see 74 Mercer L. Rev. 129 (2022).

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