involuntary confession

involuntary confession
Confession is "involuntary" if it is not the product of an essentially free and unrestrained choice of its maker or where maker's will is overborne at the time of the confession. People v. Pickerel, 32 Ill.App.3d 822, 336 N.E.2d 778, 780.
Term refers to confessions that are extracted by any threats of violence, or obtained by direct or implied promises, or by exertion of improper influence. Phillips v. State, Okl. Cr., 330 P.2d 209, 214.
An involuntarily obtained confession cannot be used in prosecuting a defendant. Such a confession is inadmissible both because it is likely to be unreliable and because of society's aversion to forced confessions, even if true. Jackson v. Denno, 378 U.S. 368, 84 S.Ct. 1774, 12 L.Ed.2d 908.
Coercive activity is a necessary predicate to the finding that a confession is not voluntary within the meaning of the Due Process Clause of the 14th Amendment. Colorado v. Connelly, 479 U.S. 157, 107 S.Ct. 515, 93 L.Ed.2d 473.
See 18 U.S.C.A. No. 3501.
See also confession

Black's law dictionary. . 1990.

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