Cardenas v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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5 state decisions

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1. “The following are not excluded by the hearsay rule, even if the declarant is available as witness: (1) Present Sense Impression. A statement describing or explaining an event or condition made while the declarant was perceiving the event or condition, or immediately thereafter. [[Image here]] (3) Then Existing Mental Emotional or Physical Condition. A statement of the declarant’s the existing state of mind, emotion, sensations or physical condition (such as intent, plan, motive, design, mental feeling, pain, or bodily health), but not including a statement of memory or belief to prove the fact remembered or believed unless it relates to the execution, revocation, identification, or terms of declarant’s will.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Russo v. State