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· 9/23/1891

Frederick v. Dickey

Citations

  • 91 Cal. 358
  • 27 P. 742
  • 1891 Cal. LEXIS 1094

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  • statements had sufficient guarantees of trustworthiness in part because “the state- ments were consistent with other evidence”
  • victims’ statements to his mother after the incident were not testimonial in nature, and so the Confrontation Clause did not apply to bar their admission into evidence
  • declaration to mother consistent with other evidence was admissible under Rule 807
  • statements had sufficient guarantees of trustworthiness where witness and declarant “had a close relationship,” declarant had “no apparent reason to lie,” and the “statements were consistent with other evidence”

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Judges: McFarland

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