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Judgment, 29 December 1987.

Chile. Tribunal de Apelacion, Santiago
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The Court of Appeal of Santiago, Chile, held that, under Articles 111 and 481(4) of the Chilean Code of Penal Procedure, the confession of an accused will prove that person's participation in the crime only if it is corroborated by other means of proof and the confession is in conformity with the circumstances surrounding the crime. It acquitted the defendant, who had confessed to the crime of abortion, noting that the medical record stated that the abortion was spontaneous and that the physician could not affirm that there had been abortive manipulations.

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