confession
Definition
Written or oral statement wholly or partly adverse to its maker and including an acknowledgment of guilt. A court may reject a confession if it is involuntary, or obtained by oppression or in circumstances that may render it unreliable. Facts discovered as a result of a confession are admissible as evidence even if the confession is not.
confession is in the Corporate, Commercial, & General Law subject.
confession appears in the definitions of the following terms: judicial, third degree method, voir dire and miranda rule
confession appears in these other terms: confession and avoidance, confession of judgment
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