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State v. Sutphin

Citations

  • 466 S.E.2d 402
  • 195 W. Va. 551
  • 1995 W. Va. LEXIS 236

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  • “Hearsay is not admissible unless it falls under one of the exceptions to the hearsay rule. W. Va. R. Evid. 802.”
  • “[W]e have repeatedly recognized that when codified procedural rules . . . of West Virginia are patterned after the corresponding federal rules, federal decisions interpreting those rules are persuasive guides in the interpretation of our rules.” (citations omitted)

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Judges: Recht, Cleckley

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