Court Opinion

ID: 9586346
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-21 23:09:44.672619+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:29:46.975887
License: Public Domain

Judge Phillips
dissenting.
Under the rules of evidence now in effect I believe all of Ms. Lyde’s out-of-court statements were admissible. For one thing, I interpret Lester Caulder’s testimony as being that Ms. Lyde, in getting him to take her to the hospital, told him that defendant had hit her on the head with a hammer. For another, the statement to Dr. Pennink was related to medical treatment, I think, since it corrected the statement in the history which indicated that her head injury was such that she had no memory of the events that preceded it. Pre-injury memory or its lack can be a factor in treating a brain injury, so I understand. And her letter and written statements were properly received, I think, as past recorded recollections.