The Exclusion of Hearsay through Forfeiture by Wrongdoing—Old Wine in a New Bottle—Solving the Mystery of the Codification of the Concept into Federal Rule 804(b)(6)

Authors

Leonard Birdsong, Barry University School of LawFollow

Abstract

I. Introduction

II. Hearsay, the Federal Rules, and Confrontation ... A. Hearsay ... B. The Federal Rules of Evidence ... C. Hearsay and Confrontation

III. The Historic Forfeiture Cases

IV. The Legislative History of the Codification of Rule 804(b)(6)

V. Forfeiture Cases Since the 1997 Amendment

VI. Evaluation of the Cases Since the 1997 Amendment

VII. Conclusion

Recommended Citation

Leonard Birdsong, The Exclusion of Hearsay through Forfeiture by Wrongdoing—Old Wine in a New Bottle—Solving the Mystery of the Codification of the Concept into Federal Rule 804(b)(6), 80 Neb. L. Rev. (2001)
Available at: https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/nlr/vol80/iss4/6