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2025 California Code
Evidence Code - EVID
DIVISION 10 - HEARSAY EVIDENCE
CHAPTER 2 - Exceptions to the Hearsay Rule
ARTICLE 4 - Spontaneous, Contemporaneous, and Dying Declarations
Section 1240.
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CA Ev Code § 1240 (2025)
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1240. Evidence of a statement is not made inadmissible by the hearsay rule if the statement:
(a) Purports to narrate, describe, or explain an act, condition, or event perceived by the declarant; and
(b) Was made spontaneously while the declarant was under the stress of excitement caused by such perception.
(Enacted by Stats. 1965, Ch. 299.)
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