Chapter 12 - CHAPTER 13 EVIDENCE — HEARSAY

• Jurisdiction: Colorado

Chapter 13 EVIDENCE — HEARSAY

Andrew J. Felser, Esq.

SYNOPSIS

§ 13.1 THE HEARSAY RULE

§ 13.2 WHAT IS HEARSAY: DEFINITIONS

§ 13.3 WHAT IS NOT HEARSAY

§ 13.3.1—Statements Offered Other Than for Their Truth or Falsity
§ 13.3.2—Prior Statement of a Witness
§ 13.3.3—Admissions by a Party Opponent
§ 13.3.4—Conspiratorial Statements

§ 13.4 EXCEPTIONS TO HEARSAY: AVAILABILITY OF DECLARANT IMMATERIAL

§ 13.4.1—Present Sense Impression
§ 13.4.2—Excited Utterance
§ 13.4.3—Then-Existing Mental, Emotional, or Physical Condition
§ 13.4.4—Statements for Purposes of Medical Diagnosis or Treatment
§ 13.4.5—Recorded Recollection
§ 13.4.6—Records of Regularly Conducted Activity
§ 13.4.7—Absence of Entry in Business Records
§ 13.4.8—Public Records and Reports
§ 13.4.9—Records of Vital Statistics
§ 13.4.10—Absence of Public Record or Entry
§ 13.4.11—Records of Religious Organizations
§ 13.4.12—Marriage, Baptismal, and Similar Certificates
§ 13.4.13—Family Records
§ 13.4.14—Records of Documents Affecting an Interest in Property
§ 13.4.15—Statements in Documents Affecting an Interest in Property
§ 13.4.16—Ancient Documents
§ 13.4.17—Market Reports
§ 13.4.18—Learned Treatises
§ 13.4.19—Reputation

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