Court of Appeals of Maryland· 9/17/1992

Bailey v. State

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612 A.2d 288
327 Md. 689
1992 Md. LEXIS 147

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concluding that good cause was satisfied where hearsay letter was corroborated by defendant’s own admissions to his probation officer
concluding source of hearsay letter, a structured half-way house, was rehable because the half-way house was required to report non-compliance with probation conditions to the court
noting that a letter from a facility explaining why the defendant was discharged from its program was inherently reliable because of a lack of motive to fabricate the basis for the discharge
explaining that hearsay evidence is admissible at probation revocation hearings as long as the trial court finds such evidence “reasonably reliable” and there is good cause for its admission
noting that a letter from a facility explaining why the defendant was discharged from its program was inherently reliable because of a lack of motive to fabricate the basis for the discharge
listing “type of and centrality of the issue” as factors determining reliability, and thus utility

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Judges: Chasanow

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