Belmar v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• reviewing the admissibility of a photograph of a tattoo that read \12 gauge\ where the alleged crime was committed with a 12-gauge shotgun
• “Two requirements must be met in order for a trial court to admit hearsay under the ‘necessity’ exception: ‘necessity’ and ‘particularized guarantees of trustworthiness.’ ”
• “The erroneous admission of hearsay testimony is not reversible error where the hearsay is cumulative of legally admissible evidence of the same fact.”
• “The erroneous admission of hearsay testimony is not reversible error where the hearsay is cumulative of legally admissible evidence of the same fact.”
• “We have upheld the admission of a photograph of a tattoo on the body of the defendant when it is . . . used for purposes of identification.”
• Even if the trial court erred in admitting certain evidence, \[r]eversal is not required if the evidence of guilt is so overwhelming that there is no reasonable probability that the verdict of the jury would have been different in the absence of this error.\

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).