Jacobs v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

1 state decisions

Most-quoted passages

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1. “A statement not specifically covered by any law but having equivalent circumstantial guarantees of trustworthiness shall not be excluded by the hearsay rule, if the court determines that: (1) The statement is offered as evidence of a material fact; (2) The statement is more probative on the point for which it is offered than any other evidence which the proponent can procure through reasonable efforts; and (3) The general purposes of the rules of evidence and the interests of justice will best be served by admission of the statement into evidence.”

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

2. “considered sufficiently trustworthy not because of the credibility of the witness reporting them in court, but because of the circumstances under which they were originally made .”

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