- No: Admissible
- Hearsay Rule: NOT ADMISSIBLE FRE 802
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II. EXCEPTIONS
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1. Is it a party admission? 801(b)(2)
- (A) own statement
- (B) party manifests adoption or belief it's true
- (C)spokesperson
- (D)employee/agent within scope
- (E) co-conspirator during or in furtherance
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2. Is it 6 Exceptions 803?: A whether or not hearsay EU,PSI,SOM,MD,BR,PR >EPSMBP
- (1) Present Sense Impression (while/immediately after event)
- (2) Excited Utterance (while or immediately after stress of excitement.
- (3) State of Mind (physical, emotional, plan)
- (4) Medical Diagnosis (patient's words, not doctors)
- (6) Business Records (routine, need records custodian or person w/ K to lay foundation
- (8) Public records (except against criminal defendant)
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3. Declarant has to be UNavailable? 804(b)
- (1) Former testimony (watch for presence of opportunity or similar motive to develop testimony at original hearing by party against whom it's now being offered)
- (3) Statement Against Interest (pecuniary, proprietary, penal)
- (2) Dying declaration (who killed him)
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4. Is if Minor Exceptions?
- 803(9-23)
- 804(b)(4-5)
- 801(d)(1)
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Admissible Hearsay
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1. Criminal Prosecution?
- Yes
- No: H, but Admissible
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2. Offered by G?
- Yes
- No: A
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3. Can be considered "testimonial?"
- Yes
- No: A
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4. declarant subject to cross-exam re: subject matter of statement?
- No. H, INADMISSIBLE under 6th Amendment. criminal defendant's right to confront witness against him (Crawford v. Washington)
- Yes: A
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What is Hearsay?
- 1. Made out of court? 801(c)
- 2. Words or acts: oral or written? 801(a)
- 3. Made by declarant? 801(c)
- 4. offered for TOMA? 801(c)