State v. Bujan

DURHAM, Chief Justice:

INTRODUCTION

T1 We accepted this case to determine whether the court of appeals correctly construed the seope of rule 801(d)(1)(B) of the Utah Rules of Evidence and whether the court of appeals correctly applied the rule to pretrial statements admitted at the defendant's trial. We find that the court of appeals correctly applied the rule to this case, but clarify its construction of the seope of the rule. Rule 801(d)(1)(B) permits consistent, out-of-court statements to be admitted as nonhearsay if offered to rebut a charge of recent fabrication, improper influence, or…