HEARSAY

Question 1

DEFINITON

Answer 1

An out of court statement offered to prove the truth of the matter asserted

Question 2

OUT OF COURT STATEMENTS THAT ARE NOT HEARSAY

Answer 2

1. Verbal acts or legally operative facts: legal significance is attached
2. statements offered to show effect on listener or reader
3. statements offered as circumstantial evidence of Declarant’s state of mind- offered to show that the declarant believed that they were true- not that the person is insane or lacks/ has certain knowledge
   - evidence of insanity or knowledge
   4.