Georgia § 24-8-823 - Admissions and confessions received with care; no conviction on uncorroborated confession.
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§ 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. (Code 1981, § 24-8-823 , enacted by Ga. L. 2011, p. 99, § 2/HB 24.)
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