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The Supreme Court has further clarified that a "statement" refers to "a single declaration or remark, rather than a report or narrative". [3] Thus, a trial court must separately analyze each individual statement, "sentence-by-sentence", [4] rather than analyzing the narrative as whole for hearsay content or exceptions.
Crawford v. Washington, 541 U.S. 36 (2004), is a landmark United States Supreme Court decision that reformulated the standard for determining when the admission of hearsay statements in criminal cases is permitted under the Confrontation Clause of the Sixth Amendment. The Court held that prior testimonial statements of witnesses who have since ...
Mutual Life Insurance Co. of New York v. Hillmon, 145 U.S. 285 (1892), is a landmark U.S. Supreme Court case that created one of the most important rules of evidence in American and British courtrooms: an exception to the hearsay rule for statements regarding the intentions of the declarant. [1]
The Supreme Court receives about 7,000 to 8,000 petitions filed each term, and will decide about 80 cases on average. Kevin Wagner is a noted constitutional scholar and political science professor ...
"Hearsay is a statement, other than one made by the declarant while testifying at the trial or hearing, offered in evidence to prove the truth of the matter asserted." [1] Per Federal Rule of Evidence 801(d)(2)(a), a statement made by a defendant is admissible as evidence only if it is inculpatory; exculpatory statements made to an investigator are hearsay and therefore may not be admitted as ...
Powell v. McCormack, 395 U.S. 486 (1969), is a United States Supreme Court case that held that the Qualifications of Members Clause of Article I of the US Constitution is an exclusive list of qualifications of members of the House of Representatives, which may exclude a duly elected member for only those reasons enumerated in that clause.
Since the Supreme Court first convened in 1790, 116 justices have served on the bench. Of those, 108 have been White men. But in recent decades the court has become more diverse. Over half of its ...
Among the current members of the court, Clarence Thomas's tenure of 12,189 days (33 years, 135 days) [B] is the longest, while Ketanji Brown Jackson's 981 days (2 years, 250 days) [B] is the shortest. The table below ranks all United States Supreme Court justices by time in office.