Mackmasters v. State

Citations

• 82 Miss. 459

Syllabus

<p>1. Criminal Law. Confessions. Evidence. Inducements. Officers.</p> <p>A confession made to an officer, having the custody of the accused, after a statement by the latter to the former to the effect that he would tell the officer all about the crime if the officer would help him out, and a promise by the officer to do so, is inadmissible.</p> <p>2. Same. Second confession. Presumption.</p> <p>When a first confession was not free and voluntary, hut made under inducements or because of threats, subsequent confessions, although at the time they are made, no new inducement is offered or threat made, are not admissible in evidence unless clearly shown not to he attributable to the inducements or threats under which the first one was made.</p>