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Hearsay

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From: The Law of Evidence, 8/e

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Topics covered in this chapter include: recognizing hearsay, scenarios under which hearsay may be admissible as evidence in court, prior inconsistent statements, prior testimony, prior convictions, dying declarations, and Res Gestae Statements.

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David M. Paciocco

The Honourable Justice David M. Paciocco of the Court of Appeal for Ontario, Professor Emeritus, Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa, was formerly a Professor of Law at the University of Ottawa, Common Law Section. While a professor, he served as a prosecutor over a several-year period before engaging in a specialized criminal defence practice. He has written extensively about criminal law and is a frequent lecturer at continuing education programs for judges and lawyers. His academic writings have been relied upon, on numerous occasions, by courts in Canada, New Zealand, and Australia, and by the Privy Council.

Palma Paciocco

Palma Paciocco is an assistant professor at Osgoode Hall Law School of York University, where she researches and teaches in the areas of criminal law and evidence. She holds an SJD degree from Harvard Law School, BCL and LLB degrees from the McGill Faculty of Law, and a joint-honours BA from the McGill Faculty of Arts. She served as a law clerk to the Honourable Justice Louise Charron of the Supreme Court of Canada and is called to the bars of Ontario and New York. She is a frequent lecturer at continuing education programs for judges and lawyers and is a recipient of the Osgoode Hall Law School Teaching Award.

Lee Stuesser

Lee Stuesser is the Founding Dean of Law at the Bora Laskin Faculty of Law, Lakehead University. Prior to this position he was a Professor of Law and the Director of the Canadian Law Program at Bond University in Australia. Before moving to Australia, he taught Evidence, Advocacy, and Criminal Law at the University of Manitoba for twenty years. He is the author of two books on advocacy: one for Canadian lawyers, An Advocacy Primer, and one for Australian barristers and solicitors, An Introduction to Advocacy.