Section 23.86 Confessions and Admissions

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XI. (§23.86) Confessions and Admissions

For an admission or confession to be admissible, there must be a determination that the confession was voluntary after the defendant was advised of the defendant’s constitutional rights. State v. Anderson, 800 S.W.2d 465, 467 (Mo. App. E.D. 1990). The test for voluntariness of a confession is whether, under the totality of the circumstances, the defendant was deprived of free choice to admit, deny, or refuse to answer questions and whether physical or psychological...