Whitley v. State

Citations

• 78 Miss. 255

Syllabus

<p>1. Criminal Law. Evidence. Confessions. Threats.</p> <p>A confession of a defendant, extorted by threats, is not admissible in evidence.</p> <p>2. Same. Second confession. Presumption.</p> <p>Where a confession is made under the influence of threats, a subsequent confession will not be admissible in evidence until such influence is shown to have been totally removed.</p> <p>3. Same. Statement of fact aftenvards proved.</p> <p>The statement by a defendant as part of a confession extorted by threats, that a sack containing money could be found in a certain place, is not admissible in evidence on a trial for murder, although the sack and the money were there found, if neither the sack nor the money be identified or in any way connected with the crime. Belote v. State, 36 Miss., 96, distinguished.</p>