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Revised Statutes
Title 15 - Criminal Procedure
§451. Condition precedent to use of confession; free and voluntary rule
Universal Citation: LA Rev Stat § 15:451 (2021)
RS 451 - Condition precedent to use of confession; free and voluntary rule
Before what purports to be a confession can be introduced in evidence, it must be affirmatively shown that it was free and voluntary, and not made under the influence of fear, duress, intimidation, menaces, threats, inducements or promises.
Acts 2010, No. 433, §1.
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