New Jersey Retroactively Applies "Scared Witness" Hearsay Exception
Monday, May 7, 2012
In State v. Rose, --- N.J.Super. --- (App. Div. 2012), New Jersey's Appellate Division applied N.J.R.E. 804(b)(9) retroactively and permitted the admission of a witness' statement who refused to testify after allegedly being threatened by the Defendant's family.
Link below. See also, State v. Byrd, 198 N.J. 319 (2009).
Link below. See also, State v. Byrd, 198 N.J. 319 (2009).