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Law Practice

Aug. 29, 2000

Testimony Autonomy

By Darren O'Leary Aitken. The hearsay objection is a pet peeve of mine. I am not talking hearsay objections made at trial. On the contrary, I spent far too many hours pouring over hearsay's myriad exceptions to ever again want to banter around whether this or that utterance is truly excited or coming from some long-dead mouth.

        By Darren O'Leary Aitken

        The hearsay objection is a pet peeve of mine. I am not talking hearsay objections made at trial. On the contrary, I spent far too many hours pouring over hearsay's myriad exceptions to ever again want to banter around whether this or that utterance is truly excited or coming from some long-dead mouth. No, my pet peeve concerns the hearsay ...

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