On Oct. 25, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court adopted two amendments to the Pennsylvania Rules of Evidence—the definitions of "Present Sense Impressions" and "Excited Utterances" both had new language ...

Hearsay evidence refers to testimony offered in court based on what another person has said and offered to prove the truth of the matter asserted. Courts generally prohibit hearsay evidence due to ...

In the first installment of this two-part Medical Malpractice Defense column, John Lyddane discusses the origin and historical development of the professional reliability exception to the general rule ...

IF you’ve watched a courtroom drama, the chances are you’ll have heard a lawyer character shout “hearsay!” But what actually qualifies as “hearsay” in a legal context is more complicated than you ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Top U.S. diplomat in Ukraine William Taylor, second from right, and career Foreign Service officer George Kent, right, return to ...

On June 9, the court held that a defendant who pleads the Fifth Amendment at his retrial, and thereby exercises his right to remain silent, cannot offer into evidence his testimony given during his ...

A judge is set to rule on key legal issues in the Tyler Robinson capital murder case, including sanctions and the use of hearsay evidence from the alleged killer's former roommate. The defense ...