Supreme Court of Missouri· 8/19/1997

State v. Bell

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950 S.W.2d 482
1997 Mo. LEXIS 69
1997 WL 501109

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discussing a residual exception to the hearsay rule. See also David A. Johns, Annotation, Witness’ Refusal to Testify on Grounds of Self-Incrimination as Justifying Reception of Evidence of Prior Statements or Admissions, 43 A.L.R.3d 1413 (1972)
hearsay statements by murder victim of prior domestic assaults were inadmissible because they did “no more than recount past events”
to fall within “state of mind” exception, out-of-court statement must not be a “mere ‘narration of past events,’” but “‘must refer to the intention, design or state of mind of the declarant’” (footnote citations omitted)

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Judges: White, Limbaugh, Price, Robertson, Holstein

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