Res gestae definition
Res gestae means a spontaneous declaration made by a person immediately after an
Res gestae means a spontaneous declaration made by a person immediately after an event and before the person has had an opportunity to conjure a falsehood.
Res gestae means a spontaneous declaration made by a
More Definitions of Res gestae
Res gestae means literally the “things or things happened” and therefore, to be admissible as exception to hearsay rule, words spoken, thoughts expressed, and gestures made, must all be so closely connected to the occurrence or event in both time and substance as to be a part of the happening.”[31] It refers to those exclamations and statements made by either the participants, victims, or spectators to a crime immediately before, during or immediately after the commission of the crime, when the circumstances are such that the statements were made as a spontaneous reaction or utterance inspired by the excitement of the occasion and there was no opportunity for the declarant to deliberate and to fabricate a false statement.[32] Also, statements accompanying an equivocal act material to the issue, and giving it a legal significance, may be received as part of the res gestae.[33]