Part 8 · Hearsay

Rule 24-8-823. Admissions and confessions received with care; no conviction on uncorroborated confession

Amended 2013 (current)

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.

Committee Notes

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