United States v. John Katsougrakis, John Hiotis

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• stating that Chrisanthou’s statements bore adequate indicia of reliability only because they were made while “talking privately with his friend” and not to police
• on charge of arson, witness identifying suspect via a nod was assertive conduct and hearsay
• “Chrisanthou had no motive to lie to his wife.... ”
• a nod replacing a verbal “yes” or “no” is assertive
• declaration against penal interest within firmly rooted hearsay exception
• statement to a friend of declarant sufficiently reliable

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).