ARTICLE 4. Spontaneous, Contemporaneous, and Dying Declarations [1240. - 1242.]

Cal. Evidence Code - EVID 4.

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Cal. Evidence Code - EVID § 1240. Section 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.

Cal. Evidence Code - EVID § 1241. Section 1241.

Evidence of a statement is not made inadmissible by the hearsay rule if the statement: (a) Is offered to explain, qualify, or make understandable conduct of the declarant; and (b) Was made while the declarant was engaged in such conduct.

Cal. Evidence Code - EVID § 1242. Section 1242.

Evidence of a statement made by a dying person respecting the cause and circumstances of his death is not made inadmissible by the hearsay rule if the statement was made upon his personal knowledge and under a sense of immediately impending death.

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