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Miscellaneous Hearsay Exceptions - Study K-600
The Commission studied the following evidence issues:
- Whether California should create an exception to the hearsay rule for a present sense impression, similar
to Federal Rule of Evidence 803(1).
- Whether California should revise its approach to forfeiture by wrongdoing as an exception to the hearsay
rule. A related issue is whether the definition of an "unavailable" witness should be amended to include, under
certain circumstances, a witness who refuses to testify. The Commission also studied this related issue.
Related Material
- Final Recommendation
- Tentative Recommendation
- Commission Decisions (Meeting Minutes)
- Staff Memoranda
Final Recommendation
- Recommendation -- Miscellaneous Hearsay Exceptions: Present Sense Impression
(February 2008)
- Recommendation -- Miscellaneous Hearsay Exceptions: Forfeiture by Wrongdoing
(February 2008)
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Tentative Recommendations and Other Requests for Comment
- Tentative Rec. -- Miscellaneous Hearsay Exceptions: Present Sense Impressions (October 2007) -- Comments Due: 12/3/2007
- Tentative Rec. -- Miscellaneous Hearsay Exceptions: Forfeiture By Wrongdoing (October 2007) -- Comments Due: 12/3/2007
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Meeting Minutes
- February 14, 2008 Meeting in Sacramento
- January 17, 2008 Meeting in Sacramento
- December 13-14, 2007 Meeting in Burbank
- October 26, 2007 Meeting in Burbank
- August 24, 2007 Meeting in Burbank
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Staff Memoranda
- Memo 2010-40 -- 2010 Legislative Program: Status of Bills (10/05/2010)
- Memo 2010-13, Supp. 1 -- 2010 Legislative Program: New Developments (04/15/2010)
- Memo 2010-3 -- 2010 Legislative Program (02/18/2010)
- Memo 2008-7 -- Forfeiture by Wrongdoing (Draft Recommendation) (02/11/2008)
- Memo 2008-6, Supp. 1 -- Present Sense Impressions (Draft Recommendation) (02/11/2008)
- Memo 2008-6 -- Present Sense Impressions (Draft Recommendation) (02/6/2008)
- Memo 2008-2 -- Forfeiture by Wrongdoing (Comments on Tentative Recommendation) (01/15/2008)
- Memo 2008-1 -- Present Sense Impressions (Comments on Tentative Recommendation) (01/14/2008)
- Memo 2007-54, Supp. 1 -- Miscellaneous Hearsay Exceptions: Forfeiture by Wrongdoing (Initiative Measures in Preparation) (12/13/2007)
- Memo 2007-54 -- Miscellaneous Hearsay Exceptions: Forfeiture by Wrongdoing (Comments on Tentative Recommendation) (12/11/2007)
- Memo 2007-53 -- Miscellaneous Hearsay Exceptions: Present Sense Impressions (Comments on Tentative Recommendation) (12/10/2007)
- Memo 2007-41, Supp. 3 -- Miscellaneous Hearsay Exceptions: Forfeiture by Wrongdoing (Comments of Prof. Flanagan and Prof. Méndez) (10/26/2007)
- Memo 2007-40, Supp. 1 -- Miscellaneous Hearsay Exceptions: Present Sense Impressions (10/24/2007)
- Memo 2007-41, Supp. 2 -- Miscellaneous Hearsay Exceptions: Forfeiture by Wrongdoing (Draft of Tentative Recommendation) (10/23/2007)
- Memo 2007-40 -- Miscellaneous Hearsay Exceptions: Present Sense Impressions (10/18/2007)
- Memo 2007-41, Supp. 1 -- Miscellaneous Hearsay Exceptions: Forfeiture by Wrongdoing (Comments of Prof. Méndez and Prof. Fisher) (10/16/2007)
- Memo 2007-41 -- Miscellaneous Hearsay Exceptions: Forfeiture by Wrongdoing (10/10/2007)
- Memo 2007-28 -- Miscellaneous Hearsay Exceptions: Legislative Assignment (8/21/2007)