CHILDREN AND THE LAW
...Evidentiary Issues
......Hearsay Rule Exceptions
.........State of Mind
2 Cards On This Topic:

Statements of allegedly molested minor re precocious sexual knowledge and statements admitted to show M feared father were inadmissible hearsay.

Child’s statements to others re sex abuse by father admissible as nonhearsay circumstantial evidence of state of mind; nonverbal acting-out not meant to be statements for EC 225 exclusion.