No Habeas Relief for Victim’s Hospital Statements 
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Published: February 23, 2011
Tags: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Criminal, Judge Diana Gribbon Motz
The 4th Circuit rejects claims by former NFL football player Rae Carruth that he should get a new trial for conspiracy to murder Carruth’s pregnant girlfriend because of the state trial court’s decision to admit evidence of certain statements made by the girlfriend before she died.
Shots fired into the girlfriend’s car did not kill her ...
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