{"data":{"id":"us-mt/46-16-215","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"46-16-215","heading":"Use of confession.","body":"Before an extrajudicial confession of the defendant to the crime charged may be admitted into evidence, the prosecution shall introduce independent evidence tending to establish the commission of the crime charged.","path":["TITLE 46. CRIMINAL PROCEDURE","CHAPTER 16. TRIAL","Part 2. Rules of Evidence for Criminal Cases"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0460/chapter_0160/part_0020/section_0150/0460-0160-0020-0150.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:55:49Z","sha256":"7658ed3a13b208817fd02d693e118ab3d523826cda5e56bac0e732c2c04f12fc","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/46-16-214","next":"us-mt/46-16-216"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}