Supreme Court of New Jersey· 7/15/2002

State v. Long

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801 A.2d 221
173 N.J. 138
2002 N.J. LEXIS 910

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holding A-3169-16T4 12 murder defendant's statement had great probative value as the only evidence regarding motive
admitting as excited utterances statements of murder victim made to her mother immediately upon completion of telephone conversations with defendant
finding the hearsay rule, N.J.R.E. 801(c), applies when testimony is offered to prove the truth of the statement attributed to the declarant
explaining a statement is not hearsay if it \is not offered for the truth of the matter asserted\
finding the defendant's previous incarceration and indictment for the attempted murder of a victim admissible in defendant's trial for arranging the murder of the victim because the evidence was relevant to the defendant's motive, intent, and plan to commit the murder
\[R]elevant evidence loses some of its probative value if there is other less inflammatory evidence available to prove that point.\

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Judges: Poritz, Stein, Coleman

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