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Task: Statements Made by Victims and Witnesses

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Michigan v. Bryant, 131 S. Ct. 1143 (2011).

In deciding whether out of court statements violate the confrontations
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clause a court must determine the ‘primary purpose of the

interrogation’ by objectively evaluating the statements and actions of

the parties to the encounter, in light of the circumstances in which the

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interrogation occurs. The existence of an emergency or the parties'
perception that an emergency is ongoing is among the most important

circumstances that courts must take into account in determining

whether an interrogation is testimonial because statements made to
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assist police in addressing an ongoing emergency presumably lack the

testimonial purpose that would subject them to the requirement of

confrontation.

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