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Doles v. State

Citations

  • 631 S.W.2d 281
  • 275 Ark. 448
  • 1982 Ark. LEXIS 1337

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  • reversing the trial court’s judgment that the Rule 804(b)(5) exception applied to an unsworn statement given to police at the crime scene by the victim’s live-in girlfriend
  • witness’s statement given to the police shortly after the crime occurred was not admissible pursuant to Rule 804(b)(5)
  • witness's statement given to the police shortly after the crime occurred was not admissible pursuant to Rule 804(b)(5)
  • “Justification is not an affirmative defense which must be pled, but becomes a defense when any evidence tending to support its existence is offered to support it. [Emphasis supplied.]”
  • “Justification is not an affirmative defense which must be pled, but becomes a defense when any evidence tending to support its existence is offered to support it.”

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Judges: Adkisson

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