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Qualifying statements include statements showing then-existing intent to do future act: A statement qualifies...

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A statement qualifies as a then-existing state of mind for purposes of the hearsay exception by that name if the then-existing state or mind or feeling is a then-existing intention to do a future act.

Contributed in 2009 & last edited in 2009 by Peter Tillers

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