· 3/20/1959
The People v. Stanton
Citations
- 158 N.E.2d 47
- 16 Ill. 2d 459
- 1959 Ill. LEXIS 285
How courts have described this case
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- “A confession is a voluntary acknowledgment of guilt after the perpetration of an offense ***.”
- a confession is a voluntary acknowledgment of guilt after perpetration of the offense, and an admission is any statement or conduct from which guilt may be inferred, but from which guilt does not necessarily follow
- a confession is a voluntary acknowledgment of guilt after perpetration of the offense, and an admission is any statement or conduct from which guilt may be inferred, but from which guilt does not necessarily follow
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Judges: Davis
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