Appellate panel weighs whether dying declaration naming 'Seth' should have been admitted in Denton murder appeal At oral argument, defense urged that a dying declaration identifying the shooter lacked the necessary perception and foundation; the state argued that naming an assailant creates a rebuttable presumption of perception and urged the court to affirm. The panel questioned burden and whether seeing a gun implies seeing the shooter.

An appellate panel is debating if a dying declaration identifying a shooter in a chilling triple-homicide case should be admissible—will justice prevail or will doubts overshadow the truth?

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