What is the rule of the rule on voluntary testimony?
Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
The following excerpt is from R. v. Peddle, 2002 CanLII 14848 (NL PC):
[11] The statement of the rule, long considered definitive, is found 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 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 by a person in authority.
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