Lemon v. State

1. As a general rule all evidence is admitted as of course, unless a valid ground of objection is interposed, and the burden is on the objecting party to state at the time some specific reason why it should not be admitted. Andrews v. State, 118 Ga. 1 (43 S. E. 852). This is not the rule, however, with regard to the admission of incriminatory statements or confessions. Code § 38-411 provides that “To make a confession admissible, it must have been made voluntarily, without being induced by another, by the slightest hope of benefit or remotest fear of injury.” To further demonstrate that…