Hearsay Exceptions

Review the following situations and evidence. In a 2-page paper, explain how you would respond to the situation or evidence. In your paper, list the hearsay exception(s) and any case law that supports your answer to the following situations or evidence.

1. The victim makes statements within a hospital after      having been shot and is in serious condition.
2. A defendant in a bar brags that you “mess with me and      you will get it like that bitch got it in Temple.”
3. A witness hears another person say “this rope should be      long enough to let me get from the ceiling to the floor of the bank.” (The      person making the statement is incompetent and cannot go to trial but the      person on trial is charged with conspiracy to commit bank robbery)
4. A victim tells a police officer “Jimmy beat me” while      covered in blood and then lapses into a coma and later dies.
5. The cell phone records of a defendant to show his phone      was in proximity to a murder scene.