The res gestae doctrine — a common-law hearsay exception for certain statements accompanying relevant acts — has been rendered largely irrelevant by the Rules of Evidence and no longer will be given ...

In a precedential move, the Colorado Supreme Court "discarded a troublesome relic" from that state's common law of evidence—the res gestae doctrine. "It is time for us to bury res gestae," Justice ...

Bengaluru: Since witness accounts aren't easy to obtain in sexual-assault cases, courts are allowed to consider, juxtapose or string together disparate events, statements or actions under less-known, ...