CALIFORNIA EVIDENCE: CIVIL AND CRIMINAL
...Hearsay Except. Requiring Unavail
......Exception: Dying Declarations
.........Reqmt: Re Cause & Circum. of Death
4 Cards On This Topic:
  • Dying declaration admissible to establish cause and circumstances of declarant's death.
  • Dying V's hospital statements to family that she was robbed by D properly admitted under dying declaration exception to hearsay rule.
  • Dying declaration limited to cause and circumstances of declarant's death.
  • Portions of dying declaration unrelated to cause of declarant's death inadmissible.