758 So. 2d 457 - Ficklin v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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5 state decisions

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1. “Public Records and Reports. Records, reports, statements, or data compilations, in any form, of public offices or agencies, setting forth (A) the activities of the office or agency, or (B) matters observed pursuant to duty imposed by law as to which matters there was a duty to report, excluding, however, in criminal cases matters observed by police officers and other law enforcement personnel, or (C) in civil actions and proceedings and against the state in criminal cases, factual findings resulting from an investigation made pursuant to authority granted by law, unless the sources of information or other circumstances indicate lack of trustworthiness.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Taggart v. State

2. “allowed a certified copy of a computer-generated record from the Mississippi Department of Corrections into evidence. The Court [of Appeals] held that certified computer printouts of Defendant's inmate files from the Mississippi Department of Corrections offer[ed] to show that he was an habitual offender, were hearsay evidence.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Taggart v. State

3. “that the computer generated records of Ficklin's prior incarceration fall within the public records exception to the hearsay rule, and are admissible as data compilation under Rule 803(8).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 856 So. 2d 669 - Doolie v. State