Is a statement by an accused a voluntary statement admissible in evidence against him?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from R. v K.H., 2016 ONSC 5275 (CanLII):
R. v. Oickle, at para. 33, see also the classic formulation of this rule in in Ibrahim v. The King, [1914] A.C. 599 (P.C.) ... no statement by an accused is admissible in evidence against him unless it is shown 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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