To fall within the hearsay exception provided by Federal Rule of Evidence 803(3) or a comparable State rule for person's present internal states, the declarant's state of mind must be shown to be relevant to an issue in the case.

Contributed in 2009 by Joannes Vinarao-Pilapil
Last edited in 2009 by Peter Tillers
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