Objection! Hearsay. Why the Definition of Hearsay Matters
It is probably the most well known of evidentiary objections. Trial counsel asks the witness “what happened after the driver left the scene” and the witness says, “the lady across the street yelled out…” Objection! hearsay. Counsel commonly jump to the exceptions to hearsay to determine how or why they should get the out of court statement in, however, many times one need to look no further than to the definition of hearsay itself. The…