SECTIONS 1240-1242 - California Statutes

EVIDENCE CODE

SECTION 1240-1242

1240. Evidence of a statement is not made inadmissible by the
hearsay rule if the statement:
(a) Purports to narrate, describe, or explain an act, condition,
or event perceived by the declarant; and
(b) Was made spontaneously while the declarant was under the
stress of excitement caused by such perception.

1241. Evidence of a statement is not made inadmissible by the
hearsay rule if the statement:
(a) Is offered to explain, qualify, or make understandable conduct
of the declarant; and
(b) Was made while the declarant was engaged in such conduct.

1242. Evidence of a statement made by a dying person respecting the
cause and circumstances of his death is not made inadmissible by the
hearsay rule if the statement was made upon his personal knowledge
and under a sense of immediately impending death.