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Present Sense Impression

A Present Sense Impression is a statement describing or explaining an event or condition made while or immediately after the declarant perceived it. This hearsay exception is based on the belief that statements made in the moment, without time for reflection or fabrication, are inherently reliable.

IRI: http://lmss.sali.org/RDsXFlhl3SWyKzTqYbFEOP
Branch: Objectives
Source: Fed. R. Evid. 803(1)

Also known as

Contemporaneous Statement, Spontaneous Statement

Ancestry path

Objectives Litigation Objectives Evidentiary Objectives Testimonial Objectives Hearsay Avoidance Objectives Hearsay Exception Objectives Sense Impression Objectives

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