Legal Opinion
James v. District of Columbia Department of Employment Services
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided October 14, 1993No. 90-AA-1361PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FARRELL, Associate Judge:
In discussing the admission of a particular form of hearsay, the Supreme Court has observed:
[Individual pieces of evidence, insufficient in themselves to prove a point, may in cumulation prove it. The sum of an evi-dentiary presentation may well be greater than its constituent parts.... [A] piece of evidence, unreliable in isolation, may become quite probative when corroborated by other evidence.
Bourjaily v. United States, 483 U.S. 171, 179-80, 107 S.Ct. 2775, 2781, 97 L.Ed.2d 144 (1987). This observation is relevant to the case before us in which we decide whether…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Bourjaily v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- Ramon P. Johnson v. United States of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1980
- Jadallah v. District of Columbia Department of Employment ServicesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1984
- Nova University v. Educational Institution Licensure CommissionDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1984
- Shepherd v. District of Columbia Department of Employment ServicesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1986
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3Cited by19 opinions
- Washington Post v. District of Columbia Department of Employment ServicesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1996
- Ferreira v. District of Columbia Department of Employment ServicesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1995
- Robinson v. SmithDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1996
- Compton v. District of Columbia Board of PsychologyDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2004
- Davis-Dodson v. District of Columbia Department of Employment ServicesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1997
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