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· 8/29/2017

R.T., THE MOTHER v. DEPT. OF CHILDREN & FAMILIES

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  • concluding that descriptions in affidavit were not hearsay because they were not offered for their truth but “to show that a competent officer aware of that infor- mation could conclude that there was reasonable suspicion”
  • finding that a party's lack of articulation as to why statements were inadmissible hearsay was reason enough to overrule the objections
  • stating that the plaintiffs failed to “articulate why any of the statements within the [police] report [were] offered as proof of the truth of the matter asserted” and “[t]heir failure to develop this argument is enough to dispense with it”
  • “dispensing with” underdeveloped argument failing to explain why the statement was offered for the truth of the matter asserted
  • “dispensing with” underdeveloped argument failing to explain why the statement was offered for the truth of the matter asserted
  • “Admitting to a lack of memory is a far cry from admitting that the opposing party’s version of events is correct.”

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