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Record 1,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF

... a confession that has not been coerced or forced from you and has been made with your true and free will.  2, record 1, English, - voluntary%20confession

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Voluntary confession, made without inducement of fear or hope, is entitled to much weight [...] voluntary confession is admissible when confession and independent evidence together establish corpus delicti.  3, record 1, English, - voluntary%20confession

Record 1,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Aveu fait à la suite d'un interrogatoire sans qu'il y ait cependant menaces ou sévices de l'autorité.  2, record 1, French, - aveu%20volontaire

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS

À distinguer des aveux spontanés : aveux qu'une personne fait de soi-même, de son propre mouvement et sans aucune question préalable.  2, record 1, French, - aveu%20volontaire

Record 1,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 2,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Until now there simply has been no right guaranteed by the Federal Constitution to be free from the use at trial of a voluntary admission made prior to indictment.  2, record 2, English, - voluntary%20admission

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Admission. A voluntary acknowledgment made by a party to a lawsuit or in a criminal prosecution that certain facts that are inconsistent with the party's claims in the controversy are true.  3, record 2, English, - voluntary%20admission

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 2 OBS

An admission is not the same as a confession. A confession is an acknowledgment of guilt in a criminal case. Admissions usually apply to civil matters; in criminal cases they apply only to matters of fact that do not involve criminal intent.  3, record 2, English, - voluntary%20admission

Record 2,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 CONT

La question de savoir si un aveu était volontaire ne se pose que s'il est statué au préalable, qu'il a été fait à une «personne en situation d'autorité».  1, record 2, French, - aveu%20volontaire

Record 2,  Textual support,  Spanish