· 8/24/1995
United States v. Wesley Norvette Hawkins
Citations
- 59 F.3d 723
How courts have described this case
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- holding that a statement made seven minutes after an event was sufficiently contemporaneous
- concluding that seven minutes did not destroy sufficient contemporaneity
- concluding that seven minutes did not destroy sufficient contemporaneity
- affirming the admission of a 911 call placed seven minutes after an event occurred, during 13 which time the caller moved locations due to the event, because the slight delay did not allow significant opportunity for conscious fabrication
- affirming the admission of a 911 call placed seven minutes after an event occurred, during 13 which time the caller moved locations due to the event, because the slight delay did not allow significant opportunity for conscious fabrication
- the caller traveled from an apartment to a nearby convenience store before calling 911
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Judges: Bowman, Beam, Hansen
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