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State v. Summers

Citations

  • 159 S.W.3d 586
  • 2004 Tenn. Crim. App. LEXIS 788
  • 2004 WL 2070880

How courts have described this case

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  • finding lack of actual service of subpoena “irrelevant” where State made good faith efforts to locate witness and witness took affirmative action to absent himself from proceedings
  • “[T]he State must show that the declarant is truly unavailable after good faith efforts to obtain his presence” and that “the evidence carries its own indicia of reliability.”

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Judges: Witt, Tipton, Williams

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