Legal Opinion
United States v. Crayton
U S Air Force Court of Military Review
Decided January 18, 1984No. ACM 24040PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DECISION
HODGSON, Chief Judge:
The residual hearsay exception of Mil.R. Evid. 803(24) is the focal issue of this appeal.1 The accused argues that the military judge erred in admitting the pretrial statement of his stepdaughter after sha had recented its contents in court. He asserts that her out-of-court statement lacks “circumstantial guarantees of trustworthiness” and is therefore inadmissible. On the other hand, the Government urges that the question of admissibility of a statement offered under the residual hearsay exception is within the discretion of the trial judge and he did not abuse…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Harrison v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- United States v. Milton Edward BaileyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1978
- United States v. Charles Robert WhiteCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
- United States v. William Eugene RobinsonCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1976
- United States v. Ronald Thomas BohleCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1973
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3Cited by20 opinions
- United States v. BaheDistrict Court, D. New Mexico · 1998
- United States v. BarrorU S Air Force Court of Military Review · 1985
- United States v. HarrisU S Air Force Court of Military Review · 1984
- United States v. HendersonU S Air Force Court of Military Review · 1984
- United States v. LyonsU.S. Army Court of Military Review · 1991
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