A confession of the defendant shall not be sufficient to warrant conviction without evidence that the offense charged has been committed; nor can it be given in evidence against the defendant whether made in the course of judicial proceedings or to a private person, when made under the influence of fear produced by threats.
Minn. Stat. § 634.03
CONFESSION, INADMISSIBLE WHEN.
Applied in 13 court decisions — leading case State v. Glaze (1990)
Most recently applied in In the Matter of the WELFARE OF C.J.H., Child (April 2016)
(9902) RL s 4743; 1986 c 444
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Official source: Minnesota Office of the Revisor of Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Minnesota statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.