Appellate panel hears dispute over admission of victim’s letter in Christopher Falls case At oral argument, defense counsel urged reversal, saying a victim’s letter and related testimony were offered as hearsay to prove defendant’s conduct; the state argued the material was admissible as instructions or under the state-of-mind exception and that circumstantial evidence made any error harmless. The court took the arguments and has not announced a decision.

A contentious appellate hearing in Tennessee has raised critical questions about the admissibility of a victim's letter and its impact on Christopher Falls' conviction.

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#TN #VictimRights #LegalJustice #HearsayEvidence #TennesseeCourts #CitizenPortal

BTW, Trump’s idiotic legal team is basing these charges not on what Comey did, but on what Ted-fucking-Cruz CLAIMS Andy McCabe said about something Comey supposedly did.

This is like the legal version of the #KevinBaconGame, but with #HearsayEvidence, instead of actor’s names as the jumps in logic.