Cooper v. Delaware Board of Nursing

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• holding that the trial court erred by admitting deputy’s description of the suspect that was sent out in BOLO
• holding that the trial court erred by admitting deputy's description of the suspect that was sent out in BOLO
• recognizing that the contents of a BOLO were inadmissible as they contained incriminating hearsay statements but that the error was harmless where the victim testified to the same information at trial
• holding it was error to allow sheriff to testify about the description of the suspect broadcast in a BOLO, but error was harmless where the victim testified to the same description at trial, rendering the erroneously admitted testimony cumulative.
• “’[T]he contents of a BOLO are generally inadmissible . . . .’ However, when as here, the victim testifies to the same information during the trial, courts have often considered the admission of the BOLO’s contents cumulative in nature, and, therefore, harmless.”

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