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Non-Person Declarant

A Non-Person Declarant refers to a source of information or statement that is not a human being, such as a machine, device, animal, or inanimate object. The output or "statement" produced by a non-person declarant is not considered hearsay because the hearsay rule only applies to statements made by a person.

IRI: http://lmss.sali.org/RBq8PaTkkZyUosewjSNP4hU
Branch: Objectives

Also known as

Animal Behavior Evidence, Inanimate Object Evidence, Machine-Generated Evidence

Examples

ATM Receipts
Breathalyzer Results
Cadaver Dog Indications
Drug-Sniffing Dog Alerts
Radar device's number showing vehicle speed.
Security Camera Footage
Thermometer readings

Ancestry path

Objectives Litigation Objectives Evidentiary Objectives Testimonial Objectives Hearsay Avoidance Objectives Non-Hearsay Out-of-Court Statement Objective

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