Section 15-19-5
Inadmissibility of examination and investigation statements, admissions and confessions; consideration of statements, etc., at time of sentencing.
No statement, admission or confession made by a defendant to the court or to any officer thereof during the examination and investigation referred to in Section 15-19-1 shall be admissible as evidence against him or his interest; provided, however, that the court may take such statement, admission or confession into consideration at the time of sentencing after the defendant has been found guilty of a crime or adjudged a youthful offender.
(Acts 1971, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 335, p. 4622, §3.)