What can happen and is a confession alone enough to convict me if I plead not guilty?
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What can happen and is a confession alone enough to convict me if I plead not guilty?
I quit working at a auto parts store they called me in to talk about 3 days later. They told me they had eye witnesses of me stealing merchandise and money that added up to 850 dollars. I didn’t steal anything from them but they said if I told them I did it I could leave so I did signed a paper that said I did then they said they were contacting police. This was over a month ago I called the prosecuters office they said there was no charges under my name.
Asked on October 13, 2013 under Criminal Law, Ohio
Answers:
Anne Brady / Law Office of Anne Brady
Answered 10 years ago | Contributor
If you were never contacted by the police, then you probably have nothing more to worry about. However, if you are charged, you can argue that the confession was coerced by the store employees. You never confessed to police. You were never even arrested. To answer your question, no, a confession you signed at the auto parts store probably is not alone enough to convict you if you plead not guilty. If you add in an actual eye witness, that might be. Mistaken eye witness accounts are the biggest cause of wrongful convictions.
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