Principle

CRIMINAL PROCEDURE — Confessional Statement — Effect of Retraction on Already Admitted Statement

Area of law
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
Court
Supreme Court

This principle establishes that once a confession is properly obtained, tendered, and admitted without objection, it is good evidence, and retraction cannot vitiate its admission as voluntary. The principle applies where confessions are retracted. It ensures that admitted confessions stand. The principle reflects the effect…

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