Legal Question in Criminal Law in Louisiana
If in jail on arm robbery charges with no witnesses no evidence first time offender can u be convicted if u were coersed into a statement,in other words can u be convicted off of only a statement
2 Answers from Attorneys
There has to be corroborating evidence of the crime in addition to a confession. If you signed a statement, you will have to prove coercion. Corroborating evidence would be the statement of a witness, evidence of a crime, fingerprints, etc. Armed robbery is a crime which requires a victim, so there must have been a witness to the crime.
No witnesses. The police do not have the person that was robbed at gun point. No, then you have nothing to worry about. The case will be dismissed. The robbery victim will appear in court. Then you are screwed, because they have an eye witness to the robbery, even if the robbery victim cannot ID you. Would you like to know how I know they have an eye witness to the crime, other than the vicitm? You told me. You testified against yourself when you admitted to the armed robbery. IF LA is anything like GA the entire confession is on DVD for the whole world to see. Welcome to 2010.
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