Nontestimonial Identification Order

Supreme Court of the United States Docket no. A 911 phone call describing an "ongoing emergency" is not testimonial in nature, and thus may be admitted at trial even if the caller is not available without violating the Sixth Amendment's Confrontation Clause.

Testimonial evidence is where a person takes the stand and answers questions about a case.Such statements often constitute hearsay evidence and are generally not admissible because they're not as reliable as statements made in court and under oath.

Indiana, 547 U.S. 813 (2006), the Court held that statements are non-testimonial when made in the course of police interrogation under circumstances objectively indicating that the primary purpose of the interrogation is to enable police assistance to meet an ongoing emergency. Statements are testimonial when the

As used in this Article, "nontestimonial identification" means identification by fingerprints, palm prints, footprints, measurements, blood specimens, urine specimens, saliva samples, hair samples, or other reasonable physical examination, handwriting exemplars, voice samples, photographs, and lineups or similar

Testimonial evidence is a statement made under oath. An example would be a witness pointing to someone in the courtroom and saying, That's the guy I saw robbing the grocery store. This is also called direct evidence or prima facie evidence. Physical evidence can be any object or material relevant in a crime.

Nontestimonial hearsay is usually regarded as hearsay that falls under one of the following categories: a. A statement by a conspirator made during and in furtherance of the conspiracy. b. Any casual statement not made for the purpose of going in a record with a government agent or agency.

Testimonial evidence does not need any kind of evidence to make it admissible. It simply implies what is confessed in a court proceeding by a viable witness. Testimonial evidence may be used for proving or disproving different things. It can be used by both the prosecution and the defense.

The persuasiveness of nontestimonial evidence (or any information for that matter) is influenced by how jurors attend to the evidence, process it into their memories, and recall the evidence from memory at a later time. The first requirement of persuasive nontestimonial evidence is that jurors attend to the evidence.