Hebert v. Crown DBL, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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

• statement made one day after crime was nevertheless untrustworthy because, inter alia, it was not sufficiently corroborated
• statement made one day after crime was nevertheless untrustworthy because, inter alia, it was not sufficiently corroborated
• “[a] party contesting a statute’s constitutionality has a heavy burden to prove unconstitutionality beyond a reasonable doubt”
• defendant’s detailed written confession was strong evidence of guilt because, even though he recanted confession, he did not deny having given it or contest accuracy of police officer’s testimony at trial regarding its content
• witness testifying regarding statement must be one in whom declarant would naturally confide
• trustworthiness factor not satisfied when declarant's statement was made to stranger

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).