Steve Hurley lends his expertise to our trial tips series to discuss hearsay evidence. We examine some exceptions to the rule against hearsay and the importance of reliability. We discuss the impact of stress on the reliability of a witness, present sense impression and the intersection of hearsay, competence, excited utterance and more.

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