State v. Burns’s Empirical Analysis

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7 state decisions

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1. “The Louisiana Supreme Court has recognized an exception to the hearsay rule for statements made against the declarant's own penal interest. State v. Gilmore, 332 So.2d 789 (La.1976). Third-party testimony concerning such statements is allowed when the declarant himself is unavailable to testify. State v. Hudson, 361 So.2d 858 (La. 1978). In order for such statements to be admissible, however, there must be indications that the statements are truly reliable. State v. Rushing, 464 So.2d 268 (La.1985), cert. denied, 476 U.S. 1153 , 106 S.Ct. 2258 , 90 L.Ed.2d 703 (1986). In Rushing , the court stated that the assumption is that a person would not normally admit to the commission of a crime if it were not true, but unless the statement is truly against the declarant's penal interest, its reliability is suspect.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 958 So. 2d 93 - State v. Short