To qualify as a statement of present sense impression for purposes of the hearsay exception by that name, the statement made by the declarant (the maker of the statement) must describe or explain an event or condition.

Fed. R. Evid. 404(a)(2) ("evidence of a character trait of peacefulness of the alleged victim offered by the prosecution" is admissible "in a homicide case to rebut evidence that the alleged victim was the first aggressor").In a a criminal trial for homicide, the prosecution may offer the peaceable character of victim to rebut accused's claim that victim was the aggressor.

First National Life Insurance Co. v. California Pacific Life Insurance Co., 876 F.2d 877, 881 (11th Cir. 1989) (holding, in plaintiff insurance company's action to compel arbitration of a dispute involving defendant's extension of coverage under a policy, that the trial....Federal Rule of Evidence 902(1) and comparable State rules provide that a document bearing the seal of a domestic governmental body and a signature purporting to be an attestation or execution is sufficiently authenticated to be admissible. Such a document is "self-authenticating."

Cf. Rodriguez v. United States, 286 F.3d 972, 983-984 (7th Cir. 2002) (the following language of the court is less than crystal-clear: "Some of the factors that a judge should consider in making this determination are: '(1) the impeachment value of the prior crime; (2) the point in time of the...The similarity between the crime or conviction for which the defendant is on trial and the crime that is used to impeach the defendant's credibility as a witness increases the risk of undue prejudice and is a factor that should weigh against admissibility in the trial court's balancing of the probative value of the crime or conviction against the risk of prejudice.