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title: O.C.G.A. § 24-8-824. Only voluntary confessions admissible.
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# O.C.G.A. § 24-8-824. Only voluntary confessions admissible.

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.

## 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).