What is the legal test for admitting in a criminal case?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from R. v. Paterson, 2015 BCCA 205 (CanLII):
It is trite law that there are special rules when the admission is the statement of an accused. The statement must be voluntary, a concept that has seen significant development since Ibrahim v. The King, [1914] A.C. 599 (P.C.), as discussed below.
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