Hearsay is presumptively unreliable. That is why the law makes it so difficult to introduce hearsay into evidence. McCormick on Evidence § 244 refers to the “tale of a tale.” With the out-of-court witness not under oath and not subject to cross-examination, the major problem with this “story out of another man’s mouth” is that the party against whom …
The post On “reliable hearsay” in Parker/Rollerson first appeared on Koehler Law.