Primeaux Case Summary

1. The defendant, Primeaux "argued that the statements were not offered to prove the truth of the statements and thus were not hearsay". The trial court's ruling was stated by the trial court to only address the State's hearsay challenge. In regards to the court disagreeing with Primeaux they explained "if statements made by Davis caused another person to take specific actions, those statements might be admissible, to show 'the motivation of why someone acted as they did'". Hence, the jury would in their opinion have to deal with the facts brought upfront and "wrestle with, but they are entitled to know that" in regards to Davis' statements. The trial court also shed light in response to Primeaux's argument about Davis' statements not being …show more content…
To define hearsay in regards to the case "Hearsay is an out-of-court statement offered to prove the truth of the matter asserted". An officer is able to use the information gained from the confidential informant to prove the truth of the matter asserted, meaning the officer can establish probable cause once they have authenticated the reliability of the informant. Establishing probable cause has severe legal consequences and the police officer must establish the reliability of the informant along with the credibility of the informants erudition before the police can establish probable cause in regards to the information received on behalf of the informant. The court concluded "that admission of the confidential informant's out-of-court statements was harmless error". The police need to be careful to avoid errors in regards to the kind of conditions they use the information provided by an informant. Stated in the Becker case "the Government offered the confidential informant's statements not for the truth of the matter asserted, but to establish the reason for the investigation". The police can establish probable cause from the useful information received by a verified reliable informant as it's logical under the law, the police must first establish reliability. Once reliability is established, the police can then authenticate probable cause from the informant's