United States v. Houlihan
United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts
871 F. Supp. 1495 (D. Mass. 1994)
Relevant factsFree
Billy Herd, John Houlihan, and others (defendants) were charged with murdering James Boyden. The prosecution sought to introduce Boyden's statement to his sister, made as he left her apartment the night he was killed, that he was going to meet Herd. The defendants objected that the statement was inadmissible hearsay.
IssueFree
Whether a murder victim's out-of-court statement that he intended to meet a particular person is admissible under the state-of-mind hearsay exception to prove that the meeting subsequently occurred.