Requiring unavailability of declarant

Q22198 / key C

Dying Declaration: Civil-or-Criminal Scope

selected 33040301 / source 35030200

Q14757 / key B

Transcript Layer Fails First

selected 33040103 / source 33040301

Q14767 / key C

Own-Fault Statement Against Interest

selected 33040301 / source 33040301

Q14777 / key C

Double Hearsay, One Layer At A Time

selected 33040301 / source 33040301

Q14781 / key C

Confession With A Witness

selected 33040301 / source 33040301

Gold Key / Q22198

GK-EVIDENCE-DYING-DECL-01

FRE 804(b)(2) admits a dying declaration in a homicide prosecution or in a civil case. Criminal-homicide-only is the old common-law trap.

Silver Key / Q22198

SK-EVIDENCE-DYING-DECL-01

When a stem names a statute, ask what the statute does before accepting the answer choice's use of it.

Trap Key / Q22198

TK-EVIDENCE-IMMUNITY-FORUM-MISMATCH

Transactional immunity is a criminal-procedure shield, not a civil evidence rule.

Gold Key / Q14757

GK-EVIDENCE-MULTIPLE-HEARSAY-01

A statement inside another statement is admissible only if each hearsay layer has its own exclusion or exception.

Proof drill / Q22198

Scope Flip

A student says a dying declaration is admissible only in a homicide prosecution. Correct the rule.

Under FRE 804(b)(2), the exception applies in a homicide prosecution or in a civil case.

Proof drill / Q14757

Outside-In Layer

A transcript repeats a former worker's testimony about a manager's instruction. Which layer must be checked first?

The transcript testimony layer.

What this page must catch

Using an unavailable-declarant exception without proving the declarant is unavailable.