Court Opinion

ID: 9864848
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-09-25 16:13:52.086371+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T12:32:13.815106
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Mr. Justice Denison
dissenting.
I think G-alvaldon’s declaration and the letter should have been admitted. I concede that the great weight of authority is with the majority opinion, but I think the rule excepting from the hearsay rule declarations against pecuniary and proprietary interest a salutary one, and the reasons for likewise excepting declarations against what we may call a criminal interest are stronger. I agree with the dissenting opinipn in Donnelly v. United States, 228 U. S. 243, and with 3 Wigmore on Evidence, §§ 1476, 1477;-and since the question is a new one in Colorado, I think we ought to follow reason rather than authority. See Hines v. Commonwealth, 136 Va. 728, 117 S. E. 843.
Me. Justice Adams concurs in this dissent.