13 Va. App. 365 - Atkins v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis

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6 state decisions

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1. “"A similar argument was made to and rejected by the Supreme Court of the United States in On Lee v. United States , 343 U.S. 747 , 72 S.Ct. 967 , 96 L.Ed. 1270 (1952). In that case, the wired witness did not testify and his absence was not explained. The Court permitted two officers who heard the transmission by way of the body wire to testify to statements made by the defendant. Thus, even though [the defendant] did not testify, [the officers who monitored the conversation] could have testified to the admissions made by the appellant and transmitted by the body wire."”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 711 So. 2d 1125 - Spangler v. State

2. “for the limited purpose of putting the responses of the [party] in context and making them `intelligible to the jury and recognizable as admissions.'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. State v. Siegel