Sipary v. State

OPINION

MANNHEIMER, Judge.

This case involves the “rule of completeness”, a common-law rule of evidence designed to prevent litigants from introducing portions of an out-of-court statement when these portions, taken out of context, would tend to be misleading. The rule of completeness states that when one party introduces portions of an out-of-court statement (whether oral or written), an adverse party is entitled to introduce remaining portions of the statement to the extent that this is necessary to correct any material misimpression that the initially offered portions might arguably create.

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