Arbour v. Nettles

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• the foundational requirements for residual hearsay under the precursor to M.R.E. 807: (1) materiality; (2) necessity; and (3) reliability
• M.D.’s hearsay statement “is consistent with the expert testimony of Dr. Craig who examined the injury and determined that abuse was the most likely cause____”
• military judge “may consider” spontaneity, consistent repetition, mental state, motive to fabricate, and use of age-inappropriate language
• qouting United States v. Quigley, 40 M.J. 64, 66 (C.M.A.1994)
• need for corroboration made residual hearsay necessary
• discussing a prior version of the rule

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).