(DOWNLOAD) "People State New York v. Henry Geoghegan" by Court of Appeals of New York ~ Book PDF Kindle ePub Free

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- Title: People State New York v. Henry Geoghegan
- Author : Court of Appeals of New York
- Release Date : January 03, 1980
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 66 KB
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The issue on this appeal is whether a statement made by an accomplice, characterized as a declaration against penal interest, was properly admitted against the defendant. We conclude that it does not satisfy the tests for admission of a statement against penal interest laid down in People v Maerling (46 N.Y.2d 289) and that the defendants conviction, therefore, may not stand. Because we decide that the statement cannot be admitted under this exception to the hearsay rule we do not