109 Conn. App. 431 - State v. JUAN V.’s Empirical Analysis

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22 state decisions

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1. “In evaluating whether a declarant has personal knowledge of the facts contained within a prior inconsistent statement, we look to the statement itself. If the statement itself indicates that the basis of the information contained in that statement is the declarant's personal knowledge, that is sufficient to satisfy the criteria of personal knowledge established by Whelan .... Whether a witness repudiates a prior inconsistent statement has no bearing on the reliability of such statement.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 178 Conn. App. 490 - State v. Johnson

2. “Furthermore, [a]llowing a party to circumvent the exception to the hearsay rule established by Whelan merely by repudiating the foundation for his knowledge when that foundation is an element of the statement itself would eviscerate the Whelan exception, potentially leaving no statement admissible under the pertinent rule.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 178 Conn. App. 490 - State v. Johnson