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If an officer pulls you over and ask how fast you were going, can that statement be used against you at trial? I would answer that with a now. While it may be argued that if falls under the Statement Against Interest exception to the hearsay rule, I would argue that the average person does not know that a statement to the officer that the were going five miles per hour over the speed limit is so against their penal interest that it would be admitted. See below for more on this exception to the hearsay rule.
http://nccriminallaw.sog.unc.edu/?p=4685
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