§8.85 The Davis “Emergency Exception”

Authors

Christopher B. Mueller, University of Colorado Law School
Laird Kirkpatrick, George Washington University Law SchoolFollow
Liesa Richter, University of Oklahoma College of Law

Document Type

Chapter

Publication Date

2018

Status

Accepted

Abstract

This article addresses the “emergency exception” to the Crawford doctrine which allows out-of-court statements to be admitted against a criminal defendant when the “primary purpose” of making such statements was to enable a response to an “ongoing emergency.” It discusses the facts of Davis v. Washington which created the exception and subsequent cases determining the scope of the exception, including the Bryant and Clark cases.

GW Paper Series

GWU Law School Public Law Research Paper No. 2018-73; GWU Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2018-73

SSRN Link

https://ssrn.com/abstract=3277084

Recommended Citation

Mueller, Christopher B. and Kirkpatrick, Laird C. and Richter, Liesa, §8.85 The Davis “Emergency Exception” (2018). C. Mueller, L. Kirkpatrick, & L. Richter, Evidence §8.85 (6th ed. Wolters Kluwer 2018); GWU Law School Public Law Research Paper No. 2018-73; GWU Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2018-73. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3277084