Principle

EVIDENCE LAW — Confessional Statements — Plea of Non Est Factum Distinguished from Retraction

Area of law
EVIDENCE LAW
Court
Supreme Court

A defendant who claims he never made the alleged confessional statement (non est factum — "it is not my deed") is fundamentally different from one who admits making the statement but seeks to retract or explain it. Non est factum is a denial of authorship,…

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