{"id":951,"date":"2020-12-12T11:38:58","date_gmt":"2020-12-12T16:38:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fanneylaw.com\/blog\/?p=951"},"modified":"2020-12-12T11:43:41","modified_gmt":"2020-12-12T16:43:41","slug":"hearsay-evidence-present-sense-impression","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fanneylaw.com\/blog\/hearsay-evidence-present-sense-impression\/","title":{"rendered":"Hearsay Evidence &#8211; Present Sense Impression"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In layperson\u2019s terms, \u201chearsay\u201d is an out-of-court statement, made by a declarant (witness) who is not testifying in court, that is used to <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-955 lazyload\" src=\"\/jshared\/img\/icons\/spinner.svg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.fanneylaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/WHAT-IS-HEARSAY-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"WHAT IS HEARSAY\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fanneylaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/WHAT-IS-HEARSAY-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.fanneylaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/WHAT-IS-HEARSAY-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.fanneylaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/WHAT-IS-HEARSAY-180x120.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.fanneylaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/WHAT-IS-HEARSAY.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>prove the truth or accuracy of the matter asserted.<\/p>\n<p>What is hearsay, and the many exceptions to the evidentiary rule about hearsay, is subject to a fair amount of confusion and therefore disagreement during a trial.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Very experienced criminal defense lawyers, prosecutors, and judges argue over hearsay and evidence issues.\u00a0 It can be a confusing area of law \u2013 John Fanney, Criminal Lawyer Raleigh NC<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fanneylaw.com\/blog\/hearsay-evidence-present-sense-impression\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading Hearsay Evidence &#8211; Present Sense Impression\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In layperson\u2019s terms, \u201chearsay\u201d is an out-of-court statement, made by a declarant (witness) who is not testifying in court, that is used to prove the truth or accuracy of the matter asserted. What is hearsay, and the many exceptions to the evidentiary rule about hearsay, is subject to a fair amount of confusion and therefore [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":954,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[162,164,165,166,163],"class_list":["post-951","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-hearsay","tag-is-hearsay-admissible","tag-raleigh-criminal-defense-lawyers","tag-raleigh-dwi-lawyers","tag-what-is-the-hearsay-rule"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Hearsay Evidence - Present Sense Impression<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"What is Hearsay? Is Hearsay Evidence Admissible? 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