When a hearsay statement or a statement described in Rule 801 (d)(2)(C), (D), or (E) has been admitted in evidence, the declarant's credibility may be attacked, and then supported, by any evidence that would be admissible for those purposes if the declarant had testified as a witness. The court may admit evidence of the declarant's inconsistent statement or conduct, regardless of when it occurred or whether the declarant had an opportunity to explain or deny it. If the party against whom the statement was admitted calls the declarant as a witness, the party may examine the declarant on the statement as if on cross-examination.
Article VIII. Hearsay
Rule 806. Attacking and Supporting the Declarant’s Credibility
Effective January 1, 2014
Opinions in this dataset that cite Rule 806
1 opinion in the dataset cite this rule, reversals first. Matched from each opinion’s coded issue, not from a reading of the opinion.
Reporter citations are as supplied and unverified; the official opinion link is the source of record.
- In re Trust of B. Alice McCoy282 N.E.3d 495 unverifiedError — reversibleOn the heat mapOfficial opinion ↗
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