Out of Court Statements in Bucks County

Hearsay has been discussed by us before.  Bucks County criminal lawyers should be very familiar with the exceptions to hearsay.  Dutton v. Evans, as Supreme Court case, stated that some out of court statements are permissable and the Sixth Amendment's Confrontation Clause is not violated when certain declarations have a strong "indicia of reliability."  

Pennsylvania Case Law on Out of Court Statements

Commonwealth v. Coccioletti covers the exception, which includes, "A well-established exception to the hearsay rule permits the out-of-court declarations of one co-conspirator to be admitted against another co-conspirator provided that the declarations were made during the conspiracy and in furtherance of the common design."  The court must analyze how, where and why the statements were made.  This analysis will determine the "indicia of reliability" and lead to a conclusion/ruling by the court on whether the out of court statement is admissible.