Does section 28(d) of the California Constitution bar an accused from making a statement that contains incriminatory extrajudicial statements?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Estrada, A137052 (Cal. App. 2014):
5. "[I]nsofar as the corpus delicti rule restricts the admissibility of incriminatory extrajudicial statements by the accused, section 28(d) [of Article I of the California Constitution] abrogates it." (People v. Alvarez, supra, 27 Cal.4th at p. 1174.)
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