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Challenging Public Investigative Reports: How To Fight The Hearsay Exception, Steven P. Grossman, Stephen J. Shapiro
Challenging Public Investigative Reports: How To Fight The Hearsay Exception, Steven P. Grossman, Stephen J. Shapiro
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This paper discusses how attorneys can argue against having government and public reports admitted into evidence at trial that would be damaging to their client. When this paper was done, such reports were admitted via Federal Rule of Evidence 803(8)(C). The authors argue that it is possible to challenge admission of factual findings in public reports despite various court decisions which make this difficult.
Notes: Criminal Law — The Court Of Appeals Of Maryland Turns To Statutory Construction To Avoid Constitutional Right-To-Privacy Issue. Schochet V. State, 320 Md. 714, 580 A.2d 176 (1990), Thomas F. Mckeon
University of Baltimore Law Review
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