Posts Tagged ‘Fresh Complaint’
October 24, 2018 NJ Appellate Division ruling on Fresh Complaint Evidence
State v. H.H. New Jersey Appellate Division Decision October 24, 2018. A-4208-16T4 Submitted by New Jersey Criminal Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark. In this case the defendant was condition of endangering the Welfare of a Minor. The factual evidence in this case came from the victim’s testimony at the time of trial. The defendant objected to the information being introduced a ‘fresh complaint’…
Read MoreThey Told Someone—Hearsay Exceptions and Fresh Complaint Doctrine
Submitted by New Jersey Sex Crime Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark This blog is a continuation of the discussion of State v. Cawley, a case concerning a gruesome rape of a young woman. In the last blog we discussed briefly the nuances between your 5th and 6th Amendment rights to counsel, and touched on the inevitable discovery…
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