Dixon v. State
Cases that cite this one
7 later published cases cite this decision.
- State v. Leverette (Ga. 2025)
- Turner v. State (Ga. 1948)
- Jordan v. State (Ga. Ct. App. 1948)
- McKennon v. State (Ga. Ct. App. 1940)
- Morris v. State (Ga. Ct. App. 1924)
- State v. Dye (Nev. 1913)
- Dixon v. State (Ga. 1902)
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Opinion of the Court
1. To render a confession of guilt admissible as evidence it must have been made voluntarily, without being induced by another by the slightest hope of benefit. Hence, any advice to a prisoner under arrest by the officer having her in custody, to the effect that if she knew anything she had better tell it, vitiates a confession induced thereby. Green v. State, 88 Ga. 516.
2. When in the trial of a criminal case it becomes a question whether or not the accused made a confession, a charge assuming that he did so is erroneous. Under such circumstances, the court should, in the proper connection, distinctly instruct the jury to ascertain from the evidence whether a confession has been in fact made.
3. Other than as above indicated, there was at the trial now under review no-material error a repetition of which will probably occur on the next hearing.
Judgment reversed.
Case-law data current through December 31, 2025. Source: CourtListener bulk data.