What is the current state of the law on hearsay?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Johnson, 10 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 14, 082, 117 Cal.Rptr.3d 132, 189 Cal.App.4th 1216 (Cal. App. 2011):
6 Spontaneous statements are one example of a firmly rooted hearsay exception. ( White v. Illinois (1992) 502 U.S. 346, 355, fn. 8, 112 S.Ct. 736, 116 L.Ed.2d 848; People v. Gallego (1990) 52 Cal.3d 115, 176, 276 Cal.Rptr. 679, 802 P.2d 169.)
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