Hearsay Evidence Questions
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Plaintiffs from SHU sue Smith for defamation. As proof
... [Show More] that Smith published a statement about
SHU persons stating that all persons from SHU are liars and cheats, testimony that Smith wore a
t-shirt in public with the message "All people from SHU are liars and cheats." ✔✔Not hearsay -
fails 801(c), not offered for truth - Verbal Act
Smith is a witness for the defendant in a case involving an SHU plaintiff. As proof that Smith is
biased against people from SHU and, hence, biased against the plaintiff, testimony that Smith
wore a t-shirt in public with the message "All people from SHU are liars and cheats." ✔✔Not
hearsay - fails 801(c), not offered for truth -Circumstantial Evidence of State of Mind
Smith is a witness for the defendant in a case involving an SHU plaintiff. Plaintiff's lawyer asks
Smith on cross-examination, "Isn't it true that you have said in the past that all people from SHU
are liars and cheats?" Smith says, "No, I like people from SHU very much."
As proof that Smith has in fact said that all people from SHU are liars and cheats, testimony that
Smith wore a t-shirt in public with the message "All people from SHU are liars and cheats."
✔✔Non-hearsay - fails 801(c), not offered for truth -Impeachment by Prior Inconsistent
Statement
Smith sues D, an employee of SHU, alleging unlawful discrimination by D in refusing to
associate with Smith. Testimony by D that the reason D did not associate with Smith was not
because of unlawful discrimination, but because Smith was wearing a t-shirt with the message
"All people from SHU are liars and cheats," when Smith approached D. ✔✔Not hearsay - fails
801(c), not offered for truth - Effect on Listener
In identifying the person who assaulted V, testimony by V that the person who assaulted her was
wearing a t-shirt with the message "All people from SHU are liars and cheats" ✔✔Not hearsay -
fails 801(c), not offered for truth - Verbal Marker
As proof that all people from SHU are liars and cheats, testimony that Smith wore a t-shirt in
public with the message "All people from SHU are liars and cheats" ✔✔Hearsay
As proof that B lacked testamentary capacity in April, evidence that several times in March B
told friends that he was Woody Allen. ✔✔Not hearsay - fails 801(c), not offered for truth -
Circumstantial Evidence of State of Mind [Show Less]