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Hearsay
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EvidenceProf Blog
Sketch Artist: Virginia Court To Resolve Whether Crime Scene Sketch Constitutes Inadmissible Hearsay
By Colin Miller
Last year, Lieben Marie Patrick was found guilty of attempted murder after she hit a 3 year-old girl and another woman, Angela Amos, with her car. According to the evidence…
EvidenceProf Blog
Runaway Bride? Utah Court Faces Hearsay Questions In Anticipation of Bridenapping Trial
By Colin Miller
Things are heating up in anticipation of the highly publicized bridenapping case in Utah. Lemuel and Julia Redd are accused of kidnapping their adult daughter, Julianna Myers, the day before…
EvidenceProf Blog
Hear Spot Bark: Washington Court of Appeals Rejects Argument that Dog Barking Constitutes Hearsay
By Colin Miller
Yesterday, in State of Washington v. Russell, the Washington Court of Appeals rejected Roy W. Russell's appeal of his conviction resulting from the slaying of 14 year-old Chelsea Harrison. The…
EvidenceProf Blog
Defiance, Ohio?: James Stahl Rape Trial to Begin After Controversial Crawford Ruling
By Colin Miller
On Monday, the trial of James G. Stahl, who is accused of raping Ann Mazurek, is scheduled to begin in Summit County, Ohio. Pursuant to a 4-3 decision of the…
EvidenceProf Blog
Brian McDaniel Loses Murder Appeal Despite Hearsay Argument
By Colin Miller
In 2006, Brian Lamel McDaniel was found guilty of murder in the first degree and sentenced to life imprisonment based upon his alleged role in the murder of his ex-girlfriend,…
EvidenceProf Blog
Just Her Luck?: Will Lohan’s suer be able to exclude CHiP report as hearsay?
By Colin Miller
Ray Ortega has sued Lindsay Lohan for crashing her car into his at Hollywood hot spot The Ivy. Lohan has counter-sued Ortega and claimed that the accident was not her…
EvidenceProf Blog
A matter of (in)competence? Ohio Supreme Court reverses appellate court’s hearsay decision
By Colin Miller
In State v. Muttart, the Supreme Court of Ohio reversed a decision by an Ohio appellate court excluding certain statements made by a child to health care professionals on the…
Drug & Device Law
Solving the Inequality of Scientific Articles Offered to Show “Notice”
By Bexis
Here's what has us ticked off today.(It's a good thing something has us ticked off. Otherwise, where would we find the inspiration to write?)The rules of evidence governing hearsay create…
Boston ERISA & Insurance Litigation Blog
Electronic Discovery and the Hearsay Rule
I like this article here about a judge’s extensive evidentiary analysis of the admissibility of electronically generated data, in particular the fact that the judge found that certain types of…
Austin Criminal Defense Lawyer
Whorton v. Bockting: Wrongly Decided
The U.S. Supreme Court decided Whorton v. Bockting yesterday, announcing that the rule in Crawford v. Washington will not be retroactively applied to cases that became final on direct appeal…