Summary: <p><strong>Episode 35 – Code of Evidence: Hearsay Pt. III</strong></p> <p><strong></strong></p> <p>In this final episode on hearsay and its exceptions, Mike and Judge Prescott discuss the exceptions in which the declarant’s availability is required or not required. Before diving into the exceptions in which the declarant’s availability is required, Mike and Judge Prescott discuss business records and photographs.</p> <p>Exceptions when the declarant’s availability is required:</p> <p>Prior inconsistent statements (State v. Whalen) </p> <p>Identification of a person</p> <p>Exceptions where the declarant must be unavailable:</p> <p>Former testimony</p> <p>Dying declaration</p> <p>Statement against civil interests</p> <p>Statement against penal interest</p> <p>Private boundary dispute</p> <p>Reputation of a past generation</p> <p>Statement of pedigree and family relationships</p> <p>Forfeiture by wrongdoing</p> <p>Lastly, they discuss the residual exception and the tender years exception.</p>
