Keywords
evidence; hearsay; residual exception
Abstract
The Judicial Conference Advisory Committee on Evidence Rules (“the Committee”) has been considering whether to amend Federal Rule of Evidence 807 (known as the residual exception to the hearsay rule) to improve the way the Rule functions—and also to allow the admission of more hearsay if it is reliable. At the conference sponsored by the Committee in October, 2016—transcribed in this Fordham Law Review issue—the Committee submitted a working draft of an amendment that was vetted by the experts at the conference and reviewed favorably by most. This Article analyzes the arguments in favor of and against the reform of the residual exception and will set forth and explain the Advisory Committee’s approach to a possible amendment.
Recommended Citation
Daniel J. Capra,
Expanding (or Just Fixing) the Residual Exception to the Hearsay Rule,
85 Fordham L. Rev. 1577
(2017).
Available at: https://ir.lawnet.fordham.edu/flr/vol85/iss4/3