Posts Tagged ‘hearsay’
Police Testimony Identifying Defendant in Video Ruled Improper
Submitted by New Jersey Criminal Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark This is a further affirmation by the Appellate Division that limits the police from using out of court identifications and hearsay information/testimony to bring evidence before a jury in a prejudicial manner. In this case, State of New Jersey vs. Cooper, the appellate division disapproved of the…
Read MoreThey Told Someone—Hearsay Exceptions and Fresh Complaint Doctrine
Submitted by New Jersey Sex Crime Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark This blog is a continuation of the discussion of State v. Cawley, a case concerning a gruesome rape of a young woman. In the last blog we discussed briefly the nuances between your 5th and 6th Amendment rights to counsel, and touched on the inevitable discovery…
Read MoreWhen Is Hearsay Relevant?
Submitted by New Jersey Criminal Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark. In State v. Scharf, decided August 11, 2014, the defendant appealed his conviction of first-degree purposeful and knowing murder of his wife. The appeal is based on a claim that the judge erred in admitting hearsay statements made by his late wife’s counselor and friends and that…
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