Miller v. Camp

How courts have described this case

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

• “Inasmuch as the other propositions [of law] are not well taken, their cumulative effect cannot be error.”
• A statement is not hearsay when offered for a purpose other than to prove the truth of the matter asserted.
• witness “must be able to vouch from personal knowledge of the record-keeping system that such records were kept in the regular course of business”
• counsel not ineffective by failing to use peremptory challenges when prospective jurors indicate they can set aside their personal views about the death penalty and apply the law to the facts of the case
• admissibility of a written investigative report of the Drug Enforcement Administration not inadmissible hearsay because not offered to prove the truth of the matters contained therein, but as relevant to the knowledge and state of mind of the person in possession of the report

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).