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"Jury Can Hear Dying Man's Words, Justices Say"

"Jury Can Hear Dying Man's Words, Justices Say": Adam Liptak will have this article Tuesday in The New York Times.

Robert Barnes of The Washington Post has a news update headlined "Court: Victim's dying words may be used at trial."

In Tuesday's edition of The Los Angeles Times, David G. Savage will have an article headlined "Supreme Court says dying victim's statement can be used in court; The justices' 6-2 ruling breaks somewhat from recent decisions forbidding the use of 'hearsay' statements to police, creating a new rule for when officers are dealing with 'an ongoing emergency.'"

The Washington Times has a news update headlined "Court rules words of dying man are admissible at trial; Justices Scalia, Ginsburg dissent."

The Detroit News has an update headlined "Supreme Court says Detroit dying witness statement OK at trial."

The Detroit Free Press has a news update headlined "Detroit shooting victim fingered gunman; Supreme Court denies a new trial."

And Warren Richey of The Christian Science Monitor reports that "Supreme Court rules dead man's accusations can be used at trial; The Supreme Court rules that statements given to authorities during an emergency may be introduced as evidence in a trial even if the source dies before the trial."

Full post as published by How Appealing on March 01, 2011 (boomark / email).