How have courts interpreted hearsay statements by police responding to reports of a shooting?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from People v. Power, F075750 (Cal. App. 2019):

In Michigan v. Bryant (2011) 562 U.S. 344 (Bryant), officers found a man lying in a gas station parking lot. He was bleeding from a gunshot wound. While waiting for medical personnel to arrive, the officers asked the victim what happened, who shot him, and where the shooting occurred. The victim answered questions for five to 10 minutes until emergency personnel arrived and identified the perpetrator. He died a few hours later. At the defendant's murder trial, the officers testified about the victim's hearsay statements. (Id. at p. 349.)

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