The major issues involved the right to silence, the voluntariness of inculpatory statements, and the admissibility of inconsistencies between exculpatory statements given at different times.
All experienced courtroom observers, however, agree that jurors will have great difficulty understanding this distinction, known as limited admissibility or admissibility for a limited purpose.
The rules require the trial court to make threshold determinations on admissibility, including whether evidence is relevant, and whether it is not unfairly prejudicial.
In this example, the first hearsay also comes from an anonymous source, and the admissibility of an anonymous statement requires additional legal burden of proof.
