co-conspirator declarations
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 315 U.S. 60 - Glasser v. United States · 1942Most cited · 26,381 citing opinions
such declarations are admissible over the objection of an alleged co-conspirator, who was not present when they were made, only if there is proof aliunde that he is connected with the conspiracy. Otherwise hearsay would lift itself by its own bootstraps to the level of competent evidence
How often courts cite the cases defining “co-conspirator declarations”
Court decisions citing the 2 opinions that defined “co-conspirator declarations” — 26,517 in all, by decade. Counts are citations to the defining cases as a whole, not verified uses of the term. The dip in the most recent years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the latest years.
All 2 definitions, chronological · 1829–1942
- ORIGINAL
We hold the law to be, that where two or more persons are associated together for the same illegal purpose, any act or declaration of one of the parties, in reference to the common object, and forming a part of the res gesta, may be given in evidence against the others.
res gestae