Hearsay Within Hearsay

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What is Hearsay Within Hearsay?

When proposed evidence is hearsay and it contains other out-of-court testimony within it, this is hearsay within hearsay, or double hearsay; it is not excluded if each of the combined statements conforms with an exception to the hearsay rule.

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