3 Ga. App. 414
Decided January 15, 1908
Court of Appeals of Georgia · decided 1908-01-15
<p>Accusation of killing hog, -from city court of Wrightsville— ■Judge Faircloth. November 20, 1907.</p>
Relies on Johnson v. State
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Decided 1908-01-15
Cited by 6 later decisions — most recently February 2025
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¶1Inculpatory admissions, as well as plenary confessions, in order to be admissible against the defendant must be voluntary, and not induced by “the slightest hope of benefit or the remotest fear of injury.” Johnson v. State, 1 Ga. App. 129 and cit.
¶2 Judgment reversed.