exculpatory statements
Defined in 1 dictionary — Case Law
Definitions from Case Law
United States Supreme Court
exculpatory statements, however, may not differ from other admissions of incriminating facts. Given when the accused is under suspicion, they become questionable just as testimony by witnesses to other extrajudicial statements of the accused. They call for corroboration to the same extent as other statements.
Defined by the Supreme Court in - Opper v. United States, 348 U.S. 84 (1954).