Hearsay – How to Justice

What are the Hearsay Exclusions?

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A declarant-witness’s prior statement and an opposing party’s statement are hearsay exclusions. This means they are “not hearsay.”

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Hearsay is an out-of-court statement offered by a party to prove the truth of the matter asserted in the statement.

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In general, courts don’t allow you to present hearsay. But there are a lot of hearsay exceptions. In federal court, there are 23 of them.

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You normally can’t testify about what someone else said. That’s called hearsay evidence. But there are some exceptions that might apply.