Welcome back to the Bar Exam Toolbox podcast! In episode 101 we covered two hearsay exceptions, namely present sense impression and state of mind. Today, we'll discuss two more exceptions that are also commonly tested, and those are dying declaration and excited utterance.

In this episode, we discuss:

How to structure your Evidence essay
A review of what hearsay and hearsay exceptions are
The rules of the dying declaration and excited utterance exceptions
Analyzing several hypos involving hearsay
The importance of evaluating each statement at issue as to whether or not it's hearsay

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115: Listen and Learn -- Dying Declaration vs. Excited Utterance

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