Two SCOTUS Petitions; U.S. v. Tate; and Presence Sense Impressions

Send us Fan MailIn this episode Major Allen Abrams highlights some SCOTUS petitions that, although not military cases, may have an impact on military justice.  He then discusses United States v. Tate, where a gaff on the part of the court reporter resulted in a complete loss of a day of trial.  The issue was whether the trial judge's remedy was proper (it wasn't).  Major Abrams then walks us through how to lay a foundation for a presence sense impression and distinguishes that hearsay exception from others such as the excited utterance.