Legal Opinion

Turner v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided June 16, 1948No. 16240PublishedCited by 27 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Duckworth, Presiding Justice.

1. While under the Code, § 38-411, a confession is admissible only if made voluntarily, without being induced by another by the slightest hope of benefit or the remotest fear of punishment, and it was held in Green v. State, 88 Ga. 516 (15 S. E. 10, 30 Am. St. R. 167); Dixon v. State, 113 Ga. 1039 (39 S. E. 846); King v. State, 155 Ga. 707 (118 S. E. 368); and McLemore v. State, 181 Ga. 462 (182 S. E. 618, 102 A. L. R. 634), that the confessions there dealt with were inadmissible because of the nature of the statements made to the accused, together with the…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Bram v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1897
  2. King v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1923
  3. McLemore v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1935
  4. Watkins v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1945
  5. Green v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1891

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3Cited by27 opinions

  1. Vergara v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2008
  2. Presnell v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1978
  3. Womack v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1967
  4. Brown v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2012
  5. Fowler v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1980

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