Oregon Supreme Court· 6/17/1993

State v. Nielsen

Citations

853 P.2d 256
316 Or. 611
1993 Ore. LEXIS 85

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holding that exclusion of evidence on inappropriate ground is harmless error if it should have been excluded on different ground
holding that exclusion of evidence on inappropriate ground is harmless error if it should have been excluded on different ground
holding that mixed-blame, in custody declaration was truly against penal interest because, in part, the record contained no substantive evidence that a “countervailing motivation” to fabricate was “in fact present”
holding that a mixed-blame, custodial declaration contained particularized guarantees of trustworthiness because “the statement is strongly against declarant’s penal interest and no countervailing motivation to fabricate is shown to be in operation”
noting that no cited authority supported conclusion that statement against penal interest falls within a “firmly rooted hearsay exception”
stating that “[t]his court previously has noted its concern over inculpatory statements made by persons in custody”

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Judges: Fadeley, Unis, Van Hoomissen, Van Hoomissén

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