Hearsay: Key Legal Insights Explained
Hello, my name is Dillan Savage of Wirth Law Office – Oklahoma City. Today we are going to define what hearsay is. The reason that I am actually going into the definition of hearsay is many of my clients have a tendency to want to present evidence to the court in some way or form that ends up actually being hearsay.
So specifically, hearsay is an out-of-court statement made by an individual to prove something. More specifically, to prove the truth of the matter that you are trying to assert. For example, if you are trying to prove the information in a police report but you do not have a police officer present, that would be considered hearsay.
Examples and Implications of Hearsay
The way to get around this is to have the police officer that made that report present in court to back up his own words. At that point, it is no longer an out-of-court statement because you have the individual there to make the same statement to the court. So again, hearsay is an out-of-court statement made by an individual to prove the truth of the matter that you are trying to assert.
If you are trying to use something another individual has told you, or if you are trying to use documents that state certain facts but you do not have that individual who told you that thing or that wrote that document, you more than likely will not be able to get that evidence into the court and have it used as evidence because it will be considered hearsay.
Importance of Understanding Hearsay
It is extremely important to understand what hearsay is so you can make sure that you can get over that objection by having those individuals come into the court and testify on your behalf. If you found that this video was useful to you or believe it could be useful to someone else, please visit OKC attonreys.
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