Practice question
An offered statement is relevant but falls within the hearsay exclusion, and no applicable exception or other basis is established. Does relevance alone cure the defect?
- Yes, relevance defeats every exclusion.
- No; a relevant item may still be legally inadmissible.
- Yes, if repeated often enough.
- Yes, if written on official stationery.
- No; nothing spoken outside court can ever be admissible for any purpose.
Legal references
- https://lawphil.net/courts/rules/am_19-08-15-sc_2019.html — Rule 128 section 3: relevance and nonexclusion; Rule 130 sections 21–22 and 37: witness qualifications, knowledge and hearsay.
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