Wilbert C. Haggins v. Warden, Fort Pillow State Farm

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• stating that factors such as age, physical condition, and mental condition affect the determination whether a declar-ant remains under the stress of the event
• stating that factors such as age, physical condition, and mental condition affect the determination whether a declarant remains under the stress of the event
• stating that “a finding that a statement falls within a firmly rooted hearsay exception means that it contains sufficient reliability to satisfy the requirements of the confrontation clause”
• noting that when considering the length of time, a court can take into consideration “other factors that affect spontaneity ... [including] the declarant’s age or physical or mental condition”
• “Any challenges to the reliability of these statements would go to their weight rather than their admissibility ... ”
• “[PJhysical factors such as shock, unconsciousness or pain, may prolong the period in which the risk of fabrication is reduced to an acceptable minimum.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).