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xii Contents 3. Vicarious Admissions (Authorized and Agency admissions) 180 4. Co-conspirator Statements 184 K. Exemptions from the Hearsay Rule: Prior Statements of Witnesses 187 1. Introduction 187 2. Prior Inconsistent and Prior Consistent Statements: A Primer 188 3. Statements of Prior Identification 190 L. Exceptions to the Hearsay Rule: Form and Structure 194 M. Exceptions to the Hearsay Rule: Availability of Declarant Immaterial 196 1. Time-sensitive Statements (Rules 803(1) and (2)) 196 a. Excited Utterances (Rule 803(2)) 197 b. Present Sense Impressions (Rule 803(1)) 198 2. Statements Concerning State of Mind and Physical Condition 202 a. Statements of Declarant’s Then-existing State of Mind or Physical Condition (Rule 803(3)) 203 Mutual Life Ins. Co. of New York v. Hillmon 206 b. Statements for Purposes of Medical Diagnosis or Treatment (Rule 803(4)) 211 3. Recorded recollection (Rule 803(5)) 215 a. The Rule 216 b. Distinguishing Recorded Recollection from Refreshing a Witness’s Recollection 217 4. Business and Public Records 222 a. Records of Regularly Conducted Activity (Rule 803(6)) 223 b. Public Records and Reports (Rule 803(8)) 229 c. Absence of Entry in Business or Public Record (Rules 803(7) and 803(10)) 232 N. Exceptions to the Hearsay Rule: Unavailability of Declarant Required 233 1. Unavailability 233 2. The Former Testimony Exception (Rule 804(b)(1)) 237 3. The Dying Declaration Exception (Rule 804(b)(2)) 244 4. The Declaration Against Interest Exception (Rule 804(b)(3)) 248 a. Rationale for the Exception 248 b. Nature of “Interests” Covered by the Exception 248 c. The Standard of the Rule 250 d. Applicability of the Exception to Neutral or Self-serving Statements 252 Williamson v. United States 253
Contents xiii e. Comparison to Party Admissions 258 5. The Forfeiture by Wrongdoing Exception (Rule 804(b)(6)) 258 United States v. Cherry 259 O. The Residual Exception (Rule 807) 265 1. Background 265 2. Requirements for Application of the Residual Exception 268 3. The “Near Miss” Problem 270 United States v. Dent 273 4. Is the Residual Exception Party-neutral 273 John G. Douglass, Balancing Hearsay and Criminal Discovery 277 P. Miscellaneous Exceptions 280 1. Records of Vital Statistics (Rule 803(9)), Religious Organizations (Rule 803(11)), and Marriage, Baptismal, and Similar Certificates (Rule 803(12)) 281 2. Family Records (Rule 803(13)) and Statements of Personal or Family History (Rule 804(b)(4)) 282 3. Records of Documents Affecting an Interest in Property (Rule 803(14)) and Statements in Such Documents (Rule 803(15)) 282 4. Statements in Ancient Documents (Rule 803(16)) 283 5. Market Reports and Commercial Publications (Rule 803(17)) 284 6. Learned Treatises (Rule 803(18)) 284 7. Reputation (Rules 803(19), 803(20), and 803(21)) 285 8. Judgment of Previous Conviction (Rule 803(22)) and Concerning Personal, Family, or General History, or Boundaries (Rule 803(23)) 286 Q. The Hearsay Rule and the Constitution 287 1. Introduction 287 2. History and Purposes of the Right of Confrontation 289 3. Current Supreme Court Jurisprudence about the Relationship between Hearsay and the Confrontation Clause 292 4. Constitutional Limits on the Exclusion of Hearsay 302 Chambers v. Mississippi 302 Chapter 4: Evidence of Character, Uncharged Misconduct, and Similar Events 311 A. Introduction 311 B. Character Evidence 312 1. Introduction 313 2. Character Evidence Offered for Non-credibility Purposes 315
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