Re: Quick Poll: Would you trust system software from an anonymous source?

On Wed, 10 Mar 2010, Andrew Edelstein wrote:

> On 3/10/2010 4:06 PM, Dean Anderson wrote:
> > Oh, I agree its hearsay for you to repeat (I'm a direct party). All
> > third party reports of polls are hearsay. (That's why the judge must ask
>  > each juror for their vote).  But this list (quite obviously)  isn't a
> 
> (sigh) And the circular logic is presented. "It's not hearsay because 
> I'm a direct party. It is hearsay for anyone to repeat it. But my 
> 'repetition' is more trustworthy than a jury foreman."

That's not circular logic. Those are the rules for Hearsay testimony.  
You can testify to anything you witnessed, not to things you heard other
people witness. I witnessed the poll.  You didn't. If you repeat what I
witnessed, that's hearsay. 

There is nothing circular about that.

		--Dean

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