AJ 003 Quiz 3 (Ch 6-8)

The U.S. ___________ has a privilege for confidential communications with top advisors.

President

In the Federal Rules of Evidence, one form of statement that is specifically excluded from the definition of hearsay is the prior statement of the ______ currently on the witness stand.

Witness

The hearsay rule applies only to statements that are offered to prove the truth of the matter _____ in that statement.

asserted

The Fifth Amendment privilege applies to prosecution or the possibility of prosecution of any ______ case.

criminal

The definition of hearsay refers to a statement other made by an out-of-court _____.

declarant

There is a hearsay exception for dying _____.

declarations

Statements to physicians are an exception to the hearsay rule only if made by the patient for purposes of treatment or _____.

diagnosis

​If a witness testifies at a trial and can be cross-examined concerning an earlier statement made by the witness, the statement is not hearsay if statement is _____ with the present testimony of the witness and was given under oath at a previous trial, hearing, or deposition.

inconsistent

The privilege against self-______________ is found in the Fifth Amendment.

incrimination

Prosecutors have a privilege not to reveal the identity of confidential __________.

informants

The husband-wife privilege is also known as the _____________ privilege.

marital

The hearsay rule forbids only statements offered to prove the _____of the matter asserted.

truth

The dying declarations exception requires that the declarant be dead or otherwise _____ at the time of trial.

unavailable