California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Mathieu, B271177 (Cal. App. 2017):
(People v. Geier (2007) 41 Cal.4th 555, 584 (Geier) [overruled on other grounds by Melendez-Diaz v. Massachusetts (2009) 557 U.S. 305].) "'[I]n this context, assessing trustworthiness "'requires the court to apply to the peculiar facts of the individual case a broad and deep acquaintance with the ways human beings actually conduct themselves in the circumstances material under the exception.'"' [Citation.]" (Ibid.)
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