Supreme Court allows witness testimony from lower court despite illness declaration, permitting appellate review of facts.

The Supreme Court of Finland allowed the use of a witness's telephone interview and preliminary report as evidence in a murder trial, despite the witness declaring illness at the hearing. The witness had previously testified in the district court, and the prosecution argued the lower court improperly excluded the evidence due to the illness declaration. The court ruled that the illness did not invalidate the prior testimony, thereby permitting the appellate court to reassess the facts based on the original record.