State v. Jones’s Empirical Analysis

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21 state decisions

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1. “Although the declarant need not have been a participant in the perceived event, it is clear that the declarant must speak from personal knowledge, ie., the declarant’s own sensory perceptions. The more difficult question involves the quantity and quality of evidence required to demonstrate the existence of the requisite personal knowledge. We conclude that in some instances the content of the statement may itself be sufficient to demonstrate that it is more likely than not the product of personal perception, and in other instanc es extrinsic evidence may be required to satisfy this threshold requirement of admissibility. Identification of the declarant, while often helpful in establishing that he or she was a percipient witness, is not a condition of admissibility. When the statement itself, or other circumstantial evidence demonstrates the percipiency of a declarant, whether identified or unidentified, this condition of competency is met.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 129 Md. App. 360 - Parker v. State