What is the law governing the admissibility of a statement by the accused?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from R. v. Friesen, 2003 BCSC 1760 (CanLII):
The law governing the admissibility of a statement by the accused was stated in Ibrahim v. Rex, [1914] A.C. 599 at p. 609. There it is said: It has long been established as a positive rule of English criminal law, that no statement by an accused is admissible in evidence against him unless it is shewn by the prosecution to have been a voluntary statement, in the sense that it has not been obtained from him either by fear of prejudice or hope of advantage exercised or held out by a person in authority.
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