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Miller v. Crown Amusements, Inc. Case Brief
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Case Brief Summary & Legal Analysis
tl;dr: An unidentified witness’s 911 call describing a hit-and-run was admitted into evidence. The court found the call, made minutes after the event, qualified as a “present sense impression” exception to the hearsay rule, despite the caller’s anonymity.
Legal Significance: This case illustrates how circumstantial evidence can satisfy the requirements of the present sense impression exception (FRE 803(1)), particularly the declarant’s personal perception and the statement’s contemporaneity, even when the declarant is unidentified.
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Case Facts & Court Holding
Key Facts & Case Background
Plaintiff David Miller was injured in a hit-and-run accident while assisting a disabled truck on the side of an interstate. A key piece of evidence was a 911 call from an unidentified female who witnessed the accident. The caller stated that a truck labeled “Crown Amusements” sideswiped one of the men and did not stop. The call was placed from a payphone 6.3 miles from the scene. Police records show the call was made approximately two minutes after a 911 call from another person who had been at the scene, placing the unidentified caller’s statement within ten minutes of the accident. The caller stated it was her “first opportunity to reach a phone,” which was consistent with the lack of phones on that stretch of highway. The defendant, Crown Amusements, Inc., moved in a pretrial determination to exclude the 911 recording as inadmissible hearsay.
Court Holding & Legal Precedent
Issue: Is a 911 recording from an unidentified declarant describing an accident admissible under the present sense impression exception to the hearsay rule, Federal Rule of Evidence 803(1)?
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Legal Issue
Is a 911 recording from an unidentified declarant describing an accident admissible under the present sense impression exception to the hearsay rule, Federal Rule of Evidence 803(1)?
Conclusion
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Legal Rule
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Legal Analysis
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Flash Summary
- A 911 call from an unidentified bystander can be admitted under