Res Gestae

Res Gestae

Definition

The things that happened near in time and place to a crime. As a common-law evidentiary concept, the res gestae exception to the hearsay rule may apply to declarations that were made out of court but are considered credible because they were made spontaneously and within such limit of time as to preclude fabrication.

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