General Electric Co. v. United States

victim's statement to physician that black men had tried to steal his medallion was not reasonably pertinent to medical treatment, thus was inadmissible hearsay | no record showing is required of defendant's waiver of his presence at jury view | "Any evidence tending to establish that a witness is appearing for the State for any reason other than to tell the truth should not be kept from the jury." | admission of hearsay is cumulative and harmless error where Witness testifies to same thing | statement by man that he was shot was admissible because it was reasonably pertinent to diagnosis or treatment, but statement that black people tried to steal his medallion was not admissible because it was not reasonably pertinent to medical treatment | in a criminal case, jury instruction is harmless “if the facts found by the jury were such that it is clear beyond a reasonable doubt that if the jury had never heard the impermissible instruction its verdict would have been the same.”