Evidence
Oct. 4, 2023
Policing hearsay
Police reports are often a critical piece of discovery in many civil and criminal cases. Despite these reports being widely available in pretrial discovery, they are often ruled inadmissible on hearsay grounds.
Kaylen Kadotani
Senior Counsel
Hanson Bridgett LLP
Email: kkadotani@hansonbridgett.com
Kadotani is a commercial litigator whose practice includes business disputes, product liability and other tort claims, real estate, public entity litigation, and more.
Gary A. Watt
Partner
Hanson Bridgett LLP
State Bar Approved, Certified Appellate Specialist
Email: gwatt@hansonbridgett.com
Gary chairs Hanson Bridgett's Appellate Practice. He is a State Bar-approved, certified appellate specialist. In addition to writs and appeals, his practice includes anti-SLAPP and post-trial motions as well as trial and appellate consulting. His blog posts can be read at www.appellateinsight.com.
The hearsay rule and its many exceptions often seems opaque, sometimes even bewildering, to counsel and the courts. Not infrequently, seasoned appellate jurists disagree as to the doctrinal mooring of a particular hearsay ruling. Perhaps no rule of evidence has us scratching our heads, even tearing our hair out, like hearsay.
Hearsay, of course, is a statement made other than by a witness testifying at the hearing that is being offered for...
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