Rule 804. Exceptions to the Rule Against Hearsay - When the Declarant Is Unavailable as a Witness

Category: Rules of Evidence Section: ARTICLE VIII. HEARSAY

(a) Criteria for Being Unavailable. A declarant is considered to be unavailable as a witness if the declarant:

(1) is exempted from testifying about the subject matter of the declarant's statement because the court rules that a privilege applies:

        (2) refuses to testify about the subject matter despite a court order to do so;

        (3) testifies to not remembering the subject matter;

        (4) cannot be present or testify at the trial or hearing because of death or a then-existing infirmity, physical illness, or mental illness; or

        (5) is absent from the trial or hearing and the statement's proponent has not been able, by process or other reasonable means, to procure:

(A) the declarant's attendance, in the case of a hearsay exc

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