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urn: urn:us-la:rs:15:449
citation: "R.S. 15:449"
status: active
breadcrumb: "Title 15 › Chapter 2 › Part VI"
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# Applicability

The term "admission" is applied to those matters of fact which do not involve criminal intent; the term "confession" is applied only to an admission of guilt, not to an acknowledgment of facts merely tending to establish guilt.