Litigation & Arbitration,
Evidence
Oct. 30, 2023
Last words: On dying declarations
The voice from beyond the grave – it’s not just a trope in Stephen King, but is also codified as a hearsay exception, and has a long history in this state and in American common law.
“O! But they say the tongues of dying men enforce attention like deep harmony: Where words are scarce, they are seldom spent in vain, for they breathe truth that breathe their words in pain.”
- William Shakespeare, History of Richard II act 2, sc. 1
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