What Is Spontaneous Utterance?
An Excited Utterance, in the Law of Evidence, Is a Statement Made by a Person in Response to a Startling or Shocking Event or Condition. It Is an Unplanned...
An excited utterance, in the law of evidence, is a statement made by a person in response to a startling or shocking event or condition. It is an unplanned reaction to a "startling event". It is an exception to the hearsay rule.
What is a spontaneous utterance in law?
1) A startling or unusual event happened. 2) The declarant had personal knowledge of the event by being a participant in or. witness to it. 3) The statement is spontaneous, not carefully thought out.
Is a spontaneous utterance admissible?
531: [A] spontaneous statement made under the stress or pressure of a dramatic or startling event and relating to such an occasion may be admissible as an exception to the hearsay rule. The stress or pressure of the act or event must be such that the possibility of concoction or deception can be safely discounted.
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