Legal Opinion
People v. Salko
New York Court of Appeals
Decided June 7, 1979PublishedCited by 114 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Jasen, J.
This appeal raises an evidentiary question as to the scope and applicability of the exception to the hearsay rule permitting introduction of the declarations of a person engaged in a conspiracy for the purpose of establishing a coconspirator’s complicity in the criminal agreement as well as in the substantive crimes for which the conspiracy was formed.
On August 26, 1971, Eddie Ware and two codefendants were arraigned on a heroin possession charge stemming from an arrest made the previous day by Officer Joseph Galvin. After bail was set, the case was adjourned…
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- Anderson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
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3Cited by114 opinions
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