Opinion ID: 1805680
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Heading: minn st. 611.033

Text: 9. Minn.St. 611.033 provides: No statement, confession, or admission in writing shall be received in evidence in any criminal proceeding against any defendant unless at the time of the taking thereof such defendant shall have been furnished with a copy thereof and which statement, confession, or admission shall have endorsed thereon or attached thereto the receipt of the accused which shall state that a copy thereof has been received by him. (Italics supplied.) There is no taking of a statement, confession or admission from a defendant within the meaning of § 611.033 when a writing prepared by the defendant himself upon his own initiative when not in custody or in any way subject to the direction or control or influence of investigating officers, and without request, suggestion, or solicitation on their part, is made available to law-enforcement officials by the defendant.