Hearsay, arguably the most complex rule of evidence, governs the admissibility of second-hand statements before the trier of fact. In addition to its evidentiary effect, hearsay also has a dramatic ...

From Commonwealth v. Parker (Pa. Super. Ct. Nov. 6, 2014) (an appellate decision), quoting another recent case: Whether a question can be an assertion and, thereby, hearsay has been extensively ...

On Oct. 25, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court adopted two amendments to the Pennsylvania Rules of Evidence—the definitions of "Present Sense Impressions" and "Excited Utterances" both had new language ...

It’s one of those words. I’ll bet you’ve heard it before; maybe even kicked the tires of it yourself. In television dramas and in the movies, if there’s a court scene, at some point someone is bound ...

On June 9, the court held that a defendant who pleads the Fifth Amendment at his retrial, and thereby exercises his right to remain silent, cannot offer into evidence his testimony given during his ...