CO · rules
CRE 803
Hearsay Exceptions: Availability of Declarant Immaterial
The following are not excluded by the hearsay rule, even though the declarant is
available as a witness:
(1) Spontaneous present sense impression. A spontaneous statement describing or
explaining an event or condition made while the declarant was perceiving the event or
condition.
(2) Excited utterance. A statement relating to a startling event or condition made
while the declarant was under the stress of excitement caused by the event or condition.
(3) Then existing mental, emotional, or physical condition. A statement of the
declarant’s then existing state of mind, emotion, sensation, or physical condition (such as
intent, plan, motive, design, mental feeling, pain, and bodily health), but not including a
statement of memory or belief to prove the fact remembered or believed unless it relates to
the execution, revocation, identification, or terms of declarant’s will.
(4) Statements for purposes of medical diagnosis or treatment. Statements made
for purposes of medical diagnosis or treatment and describing medical history, or past or
present symptoms, pain, or sensations, or the inception or general character of the cause or
external source thereof insofar as reasonably pertinent to diagnosis or treatment.
(5) Recorded recollection. A past recollection recorded when it appears that the
witness once had knowledge concerning the matter and; (A) can identify the memorandum
or record, (B) adequately recalls the making of it at or near the time of the event, either as
recorded by the witness or by another, and (C) can testify to its accuracy. The memorandum or record may be read into evidence but may not itself be received unless offered by
an adverse party.
(6) Records of regularly conducted activity. A memorandum, report, record, or data
compilation, in any form, of acts, events, conditions, opinions, or diagnosis, made at or
near the time by, or from information transmitted by, a person with knowledge, if kept in
the course of a regularly conducted business activity, and if it was the regular practice of
that business activity to make the memorandum, report, record, or data compilation, all as
shown by the testimony of the custodian or other qualified witness, or by certification that
complies with Rule 902(11), Rule 902(12), or a statute permitting certification, unless the
source of information or the method or circumstances of preparation indicate lack of
trustworthiness. The term ‘‘business’’ as used in this paragraph includes business, institution, association, profession, occupation, and calling of every kind, whether or not conducted for profit.
(7) Absence of entry in records kept in accordance with the provisions of paragraph (6). Evidence that a matter is not included in the memoranda reports, records, or
data compilations in any form, kept in accordance with the provisions of paragraph (6), to
prove the nonoccurrence or nonexistence of the matter, if the matter was of a kind of which
a memorandum, report, record, or data compilation was regularly made and preserved,
unless the sources of information or other circumstances indicate lack of trustworthiness.
(8) Public records and reports. Unless the sources of information or other circumstances indicate lack of trustworthiness, records, reports, statements, or data compilations,
in any form, of public offices or agencies, setting forth (A) the activities of the office or
agency, or (B) matters observed pursuant to duty imposed by law as to which matters there
was a duty to report, excluding, however, in criminal cases matters observed by police
officers and other law enforcement personnel, or (C) in civil actions and proceedings and
against the Government in criminal cases, factual findings resulting from an investigation
made pursuant to authority granted by law.
(9) Records of vital statistics. Records or data compilations, in any form, of births,
fetal deaths, deaths, or marriages, if the report thereof was made to a public office pursuant
to requirements of law.
(10) Absence of a Public Record. Testimony - or a certification under Rule 902 - that
a diligent search failed to disclose a public record or statement if:
(A) the testimony or certification is admitted to prove that
(i) the record or statement does not exist; or
(ii) a matter did not occur or exist, if a public office regularly kept a record or
statement for a matter of that kind; and
(B) in a criminal case, a prosecutor who intends to offer a certification provides written
notice of that intent at least 14 days before trial, and the defendant does not object in
writing within 7 days of receiving the notice - unless the court sets a different time for the
notice or the objection.
(11) Records of religious organizations. Statements of births, marriages, divorces,
deaths, legitimacy, ancestry, relationship by blood or marriage, or other similar facts of
personal or family history, contained in a regularly kept record of a religious organization.
(12) Marriage, baptismal, and similar certificates. Statements of fact contained in a
certificate that the maker performed a marriage or other ceremony or administered a
sacrament, made by a clergyman, public official, or other person authorized by the rules or
practices of a religious organization or by law to perform the act certified, and purporting
to have been issued at the time of the act or within a reasonable time thereafter.
(13) Family records. Statements of fact concerning personal or family history contained in family Bibles, genealogies, charts, engravings on rings, inscriptions on family
portraits, engravings on urns, crypts, or tombstones, or the like.
(14) Records of documents affecting an interest in property. The record of a
document purporting to establish or affect an interest in property, as proof of the content of
the original recorded or filed document and its execution and delivery by each person by
whom it purports to have been executed, if the record is a record of a public office and an
applicable statute authorizes the recording of documents of that kind in that office.
(15) Statements in documents affecting an interest in property. A statement contained in a document purporting to establish or affect an interest in property if the matter
stated was relevant to the purpose of the document, unless dealings with the property since
the document was made have been inconsistent with the truth of the statement or the
purport of the document.
(16) Statements in ancient documents. A statement in a document that was prepared
before January 1, 1998, and whose authenticity is established.
(17) Market reports, commercial publications. Market quotations, tabulations, lists,
directories, or other published compilations, generally used and relied upon by the public
or by persons in particular occupations.
(18) Learned treatises. To the extent called to the attention of an expert witness upon
cross-examination or relied upon by him in direct examination, statements contained in
published treatises, periodicals, or pamphlets on a subject of history, medicine or other
science or art, established as a reliable authority by the testimony or admission of the
witness or by other expert testimony or by judicial notice. If admitted, the statements may
be read into evidence and may be received as exhibits, as the court permits.
(19) Reputation concerning personal or family history. Reputation among members
of his family by blood, adoption, or marriage, or among his associates, or in the community, concerning a person’s birth, adoption, marriage, divorce, death, legitimacy, relationship by blood, adoption, or marriage, ancestry, or other similar fact of his personal or
family history.
(20) Reputation concerning boundaries or general history. Reputation in a community, arising before the controversy, as to boundaries of or customs affecting lands in the
community, and reputation as to events of general history important to the community or
state or nation in which located.
(21) Reputation as to character. Reputation of a person’s character among his
associates or in the community.
(22) Judgment of previous conviction. Evidence of a final judgment, entered after a
trial or upon a plea of guilty or nolo contendere, adjudging a person guilty of a crime
punishable by death or imprisonment in excess of one year, to prove any fact essential to
sustain the judgment, but not including, when offered by the Government in a criminal
prosecution for purposes other than impeachment, judgments against persons other than the
accused. The pendency of an appeal may be shown but does not affect admissibility.
(Federal Rule Identical, Except that a Plea of Nolo Contendere was Excluded in the
Federal rule.)
(23) Judgment as to personal, family, or general history or boundaries. Judgments
as proof of matters of personal, family, or general history, or boundaries, essential to the
judgment, if the same would be provable by evidence of reputation.
(24) [Transferred to Rule 807]
History
COMMITTEE COMMENT The change reflected above was based on the fact that neither immediacy nor spontaneity would be guaranteed by the Federal rule. Colo- rado case law requires that a present sense im- pression be instinctive and spontaneous in order to be admissible. See Denver City Tramway Co. v. Brumley, 51 Colo. 251, 116 P. 1051 (1911). It was felt that the requirements set forth in that opinion constitute a greater guarantee of trust- worthiness than the Federal rule, i.e., spontane- ity is the most important factor governing trust- worthiness. This is especially true when there is no provision that the declarant be unavailable as a witness. (Federal Rule Identical.) (Federal Rule Identical.) (Federal Rule Identical.) COMMITTEE COMMENT See: Houser v. Eckhardt, 168 Colo. 226, 450 P.2d 664 (1969); Ingles v. People, 90 Colo. 51, 6 P.2d 455 (1931); and § 8-53-103(2)(a) & (b), C.R.S. (Workmen’s Compensation Act of Colorado). COMMITTEE COMMENT The change reflected above was made be- cause the Federal rule is more restrictive than the Colorado rule, which does not require ab- sence of a present recollection to be expressly shown as a preliminary to use of recorded rec- ollection. Jordan v. People, 151 Colo. 133, 376 P.2d 699 (1962). (Federal Rule Identical.) COMMITTEE COMMENT The rule makes no reference to any objective standard of trustworthiness, e.g., regularity with which records are kept. See Colorado cases: Patterson v. Pitoniak, 173 Colo. 454, 480 P.2d 579 (1971); Moseley v. Smith, 170 Colo. 177, 460 P.2d 222 (1969); Seib v. Standley, 164 Colo. 394, 435 P.2d 395 (1967); Rocky Moun- tain Beverage v. Walter Brewing Company, 107 Colo. 63, 108 P.2d 885 (1941); Hobbs v. Breen, 74 Colo. 277, 220 P. 997 (1923); Powell v. Brady, 30 Colo. App. 406, 496 P.2d 328 (1972). (Federal Rule Identical.) (Federal Rule Identical.) COMMITTEE COMMENT This rule is somewhat broader than the pro- visions of § 25-2-117, C.R.S., and respecting marriage records is desirable because the evidentiary use of the book of marriages pro- vided in § 90-1-20, C.R.S. 1963, was repealed in 1973. COMMITTEE COMMENT The Committee recommended adoption of this amended version of C.R.E. 803(10) to fol- low the identical amendment to F.R.E. 803(10) which took effect on December 1, 2013. (Federal Rule Identical.) (Federal Rule Identical.) (Federal Rule Identical.) COMMITTEE COMMENT The age of the record or regularity of keeping are immaterial to admissibility. The content of fact is not limited to pedigree or genealogy. COMMITTEE COMMENT The generic term ‘‘property’’ used in the Fed- eral rule indicates an intent that the rule apply to documents relating to interests in both real property and personal property. The term ‘‘filed’’ has been added to render the rule appli- cable to personal property under Colorado law: the Uniform Commercial Code, the Colorado Rules of Civil Procedure, and § 30-10-103, C.R.S., all refer to ‘‘filing’’ documents affecting an interest in personal property. (Federal Rule Identical.) COMMITTEE COMMENT The rule extends admissibility beyond case law and statutes. E.g., McClure v. Board of Commissioners of La Plata County, 19 Colo. 122, 34 P. 763 (1893); Wright v. People in the Interest of Rowe, 131 Colo. 92, 279 P.2d 676 (1955); Michael v. John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Co., 138 Colo. 450, 334 P.2d 1090 (1959). Statutes more restrictive than the rule are §§ 38-35-102, 38-35-104, 38-35-105, 38- 35-107, and 38-35-108, C.R.S. (Federal Rule Identical.) COMMITTEE COMMENT The rule liberalizes the hearsay exception for ancient documents by eliminating proof of ex- ecution ( see general statement for this principle in 32A C.J.S., Evidence, Sec. 744, page 32) and, further, reduces the required age of such docu- ment to twenty years from thirty years. For Colorado authorities on the subject, see McGary v. Blakeley, 127 Colo. 495, 258 P.2d 770 (1953) and § 38-35-107, C.R.S. (Federal Rule Identical.) COMMITTEE COMMENT Colorado authorities affecting this rule are: 4-2-724, C.R.S.; Continental Divide Mining In- vestment Company v. Bliley, 23 Colo. 160, 166, 46 P. 633, 635 (1896); Willard v. Mellor, 19 Colo. 534, 36 P. 148 (1894); Kansas Pacific R.R. Company v. Lundin, 3 Colo. 94 (1876); Rio Grande Southern R.R. Company v. Nichols, 52 Colo. 300, 123 P. 318 (1912); Johnson v. Cousins, 110 Colo. 540, 135 P.2d 1021 (1943). COMMITTEE COMMENT Unlike the Federal Rule, the Colorado Rule allows the learned treatises to be admitted as exhibits in the discretion of the court. The for- mer Colorado Rule seemed to be that only if such treatise had been relied upon by the wit- ness in forming his opinion might it be admit- ted. Denver City Tramway v. Gawley, 23 Colo. App. 332, 129 P. 258 (1912); Wall v. Weaver, 145 Colo. 337, 358 P.2d 1009 (1961); Ross v. Colo. Nat’l Bank, 170 Colo. 436, 463 P.2d 882 (1970). (Federal Rule Identical.) COMMITTEE COMMENT The former Colorado rule limited such evi- dence to reputation among persons related by blood or marriage to the family in question. Epple v. First Nat’l Bank of Greeley, 143 Colo. 319, 352 P.2d 796 (1960). (Federal Rule Identical.) COMMITTEE COMMENT This rule is thought consistent with the for- mer Colorado rule. See § 38-44-101, C.R.S., re establishing disputed boundaries. (Federal Rule Identical.) COMMITTEE COMMENT The rule represents Colorado law by its in- clusion of a nolo contendere plea. § 13-90-101, C.R.S., construed to include a nolo contendere plea in Lacey v. People, 166 Colo. 152, 442 P.2d 402 (1968). (Federal Rule Identical.) COMMITTEE COMMENT A judgment, under the circumstances stated, creates the reputations, and is admissible sub- ject to the limitations applicable to evidence of reputation. COMMITTEE COMMENT The contents of Rule 803(24) and Rule 804(b)(5) have been combined and transferred to Rule 807. This was done to facilitate addi- tions to Rules 803 and 804. No change in mean- ing is intended. Source: (24) added November 15, 1984, effective April 1, 1985; (24) transferred to Rule 807 and (24) committee comment added, effective January 1, 1999; (6) amended and adopted June 20, 2002, effective July 1, 2002; (10) amended and adopted and (10) committee comment added and adopted, effective February 18, 2014; (16) amended and effective March 29, 2021. ANNOTATION I. General Consideration. II. Exceptions. A. In General. A.5. Spontaneous Present Sense Impres- sion. B. Excited Utterance. C. Then Existing Mental, Emotional, or Physical Condition. D. Statements for Purposes of Medical Diagnosis or Treatment. E. Recorded Recollection. F. Records of Regularly Conducted Activity. G. Records of Vital Statistics. H. Learned Treatises. I. Public Records and Reports. J. Other Exceptions. I. GENERAL CONSIDERATION. Law reviews. For article, ‘‘Hearsay in Crimi- nal Cases Under the Colorado Rules of Evi- dence: An Overview’’, see 50 U. Colo. L. Rev. 227 (1979). For article, ‘‘Admissibility of Prior Testimony’’, see 11 Colo. Law. 398 (1982). For article, ‘‘Admissibility of Governmental Studies to Prove Causation’’, see 11 Colo. Law. 1822 (1982). For article, ‘‘The Residual Exceptions to the Hearsay Rule: A Reappraisal’’, see 13 Colo. Law. 1818 (1984). For article, ‘‘Offering or Opposing Hearsay Under the Residual Ex- ceptions — A User’s Guide’’, see 14 Colo. Law. 1620 (1985). For article, ‘‘Mythological Rules of Evidence’’, see 16 Colo. Law. 1218 (1987); For article, ‘‘Hearsay as a Basis for Opinion Testimony’’, see 17 Colo. Law. 2337 (1988). For article, ‘‘The Residual Exception to the Hearsay Rule: Form Follows Substance’’, see 22 Colo. Law. 1197 (1993). For article, ‘‘Res Gestae Evidence’’, see 24 Colo. Law. 1567 (1995). Purpose of hearsay rule. The constitutional right to confrontation and the hearsay rule stem from the same roots, and are designed to protect similar interests based on the premise that testi- mony is much more reliable when given under oath at trial, where the declarant is subject to cross-examination and the jury may observe his demeanor. People v. Dement, 661 P.2d 675 (Colo. 1983). Testimony found to be hearsay. Sante Fe Energy Co. v. Baca, 673 P.2d 374 (Colo. App. 1983). Applied in Morrison v. Bradley, 622 P.2d 81 (Colo. App. 1980); Sims v. Indus. Comm’n, 627 P.2d 1107 (Colo. 1981); People in Interest of K.A.J., 635 P.2d 921 (Colo. App. 1981); Great W. Food Packers, Inc. v. Longmont Foods Co., 636 P.2d 1331 (Colo. App. 1981); Scruggs v. Otteman, 640 P.2d 259 (Colo. App. 1981); Fasso v. Straten, 640 P.2d 272 (Colo. App. 1982); People v. District Court, 664 P.2d 247 (Colo. 1983); People ex rel. Faulk v. District Court, 667 P.2d 1384 (Colo. 1983). II. EXCEPTIONS. A. In General. Burden of proof that statement falls within exception. The prosecution has the burden of showing that a statement falls within an excep- tion to the hearsay rule. People in Interest of R.L., 660 P.2d 26 (Colo. App. 1983); Oldsen v. People, 732 P.2d 1132 (Colo. 1986). The proponent of evidence carries the the burden of establishing the preliminary facts es- sential to satisfy a particular hearsay exception. Lancaster v. People, 200 Colo. 448, 615 P.2d 720 (1980); People v. Garcia, 826 P.2d 1259 (Colo. 1992). Both § 13-25-129 and this rule are residu- ary rules and apply only if hearsay is not otherwise admissible under the other hearsay exceptions. Section 13-25-129 applies only to hearsay statements not otherwise admissible by statute or court rule. Because § 13-25-129 and this rule have different requirements for the admission of hearsay statements, confusion and inconsistent results may occur if either residu- ary provision may be applied to the same hear- say statement of a child sexual assault victim which is otherwise not admissible into evi- dence. Since the more specific provision should prevail, § 13-25-129 is the sole basis upon which hearsay evidence, which otherwise comes within the terms of that statute, may be admitted. People v. Diefenderfer, 784 P.2d 741 (Colo. 1989); People v. Bowers, 801 P.2d 511 (Colo. 1990). Declarant must not lack testimonial quali- fications. To fall within any exception to the hearsay rule, the declarant himself must not lack the testimonial qualifications that would be required for him to take the stand. People in Interest of R.L., 660 P.2d 26 (Colo. App. 1983). Declarant’s testimonial incapacity renders statement inadmissible. Where the testimonial incapacity of the declarant stems from a psychi- atric disorder, and is such that the guarantees of trusworthiness implicit in the exceptions to the hearsay rule would not vitiate the incompe- tency, any testimony derived from that state- ment is not admissible. People in Interest of R.L., 660 P.2d 26 (Colo. App. 1983). A.5. Spontaneous Present Sense Impression. Witness’s testimony that her daughter had identified an obscene phone caller as the de- fendant immediately after perceiving the call- er’s voice was properly permitted as spontane- ous present sense impression exception to the hearsay exclusion. People v. Czemerynski, 786 P.2d 1100 (Colo. 1990). Applied in People v. Franklin, 782 P.2d 1202 (Colo. App. 1989). B. Excited Utterance. Law reviews. For article, ‘‘Unlocking Apolo- gy’s Potential in Resolving Disputes’’, see 51 Colo. Law. 20 (July 2022). Three requirements must be met for a statement to be admissible as an excited ut- terance. The event must be sufficiently startling to render normal reflective thought processes of the observer inoperative, the statement must be a spontaneous reaction to the occurrence, and direct or circumstantial evidence must exist to allow the jury to infer that the declarant had the opportunity to observe the startling event. People v. Stephenson, 56 P.3d 1112 (Colo. App. 2001); People v. Martinez, 83 P.3d 1174 (Colo. App. 2003); People v. Garrison, 109 P.3d 1009 (Colo. App. 2004). Excited utterance exception. What is of critical significance to res gestae, section (2), is the spontaneous character of the statement and its natural effusion from a state of excitement. Lancaster v. People, 200 Colo. 448, 615 P.2d 720 (1980) (case decided prior to effective date of C.R.E.); Cheney v. Hailey, 686 P.2d 808 (Colo. App. 1984). Hearsay statements are admissible under the excited utterance exception if there is some occurrence or event sufficiently startling to render normal reflective thought processes of an observer inoperative and if the statement of the declarant was a spontaneous reaction to the occurrence or event and not the result of reflec- tive thought. W.C.L. v. People, 685 P.2d 176 (Colo. 1984); People v. Clements, 732 P.2d 1245 (Colo. App. 1986). In determining whether a statement is ad- missible as an excited utterance, trial court is afforded wide discretion and that determina- tion will not be disturbed on appeal if it is supported by the evidence. Here, trial court properly admitted into evidence an audiotape of a statement made by the victim during a 911 telephone call. The call was placed only 15 minutes after the victim was stabbed. Being stabbed is a startling event and, thus, it was within trial court’s discretion to determine that the victim was still under the excitement or stress of the stabbing at the time the statement was made. People v. Mullins, 104 P.3d 299 (Colo. App. 2004). Exception not restricted to statements aris- ing directly from startling event. Although in most instances the ‘‘startling event’’ will be the act or transaction upon which the legal contro- versy is predicated, such as an assault or acci- dent, the excited utterance exception is not re- stricted only to statements arising directly out of such events. People in Interest of O.E.P., 654 P.2d 312 (Colo. 1982). When the significance of a past event is re- vealed as a result of the startling event and is relevant, such testimony is admissible as an excited utterance exception to the hearsay rule exclusion. People v. Ojeda, 745 P.2d 274 (Colo. App. 1987). Declarant may be witness to event. Under the hearsay exception for an ‘‘excited utter- ance’’, the declarant may be a bystander or witness to the event rather than an actual par- ticipant. People v. Dement, 661 P.2d 675 (Colo. 1983); People v. Green, 884 P.2d 339 (Colo. App. 1994). Declarant must have observed startling oc- currence. An implicit requirement to be met to qualify a statement as an excited utterance, ad- missible under the hearsay exception, is that enough direct or circumstantial evidence exists to allow the jury to infer that the declarant had the opportunity to observe the startling occur- rence. People v. Dement, 661 P.2d 675 (Colo. 1983); People v. Garcia, 826 P.2d 1259 (Colo. 1992); People v. Green, 884 P.2d 339 (Colo. App. 1994). The threshold for satisfying the requirement that a declarant observed an event is minimal, and as long as there is evidence that leads the fact finder to reasonably infer that the declarant had the opportunity to observe the event that evidence should be permitted; the credibility of the witness and the weight to be given that evidence should be left to the fact finder. People v. Green, 884 P.2d 339 (Colo. App. 1994). The rationale behind the excited utterance exception is founded on the general reliability attaching to statements made under the stress of excitement. People in Interest of O.E.P., 654 P.2d 312 (Colo. 1982). Unlike some other hearsay exceptions, ex- cited utterance evidence is not limited to un- available declarants. The reason is that the extrajudicial assertion is likely to be better than a statement from the witness at trial after time has permitted reflection or memory has faded. People v. Dement, 661 P.2d 675 (Colo. 1983). Spontaneity and excitement sufficient guarantee of trustworthiness. The require- ment of spontaneity and excitement subsumed by the res gestae exception furnishes a sufficient guarantee of trustworthiness implicit in the ra- tionale of hearsay exceptions. People v. Roark, 643 P.2d 756 (Colo. 1982). Source of trustworthiness in child’s state- ment. The element of trustworthiness under- scoring the excited utterance exception, particu- larly in the case of young children, finds its source primarily in the lack of capacity to fab- ricate rather than the lack of time to fabricate. People in Interest of O.E.P., 654 P. 2d 312 (Colo. 1982); People v. Hulsing, 825 P.2d 1027 (Colo. App. 1991). Courts look to the effect of a particular event upon a declarant and, in the case of young children, the element of trustworthiness under- scoring the excited utterance exception is pri- marily in the lack of capacity to fabricate rather than the lack of time to fabricate. People v. Ortega, 672 P.2d 215 (Colo. App. 1983). Automobile collision qualifies as a ‘‘star- tling event’’. Lovato v. Herrman, 685 P.2d 240 (Colo. App. 1984). A sexual assault may constitute a sufficiently startling event to admit hearsay statements of a child-victim. People v. Bolton, 859 P.2d 311 (Colo. App. 1993). Sexual assault and stabbing of victim con- stituted a startling event. Although the trial court acknowledged there was no way to know how much time had elapsed between the assault and the 911 phone call, there was substantial evidence in the record that the victim was hys- terical at different times throughout the two- hour period that the victim made statements to the police officer. There was also testimony that during the two hours, the victim continually lapsed into French while speaking and repeat- edly asked whether she was going to die. Fur- thermore, the officer testified that the victim was bleeding badly and was continually being examined and treated for injuries during the time the officer was with the victim. People v. King, 121 P.3d 234 (Colo. App. 2005). The fact that the victim’s statements were made in response to questions does not pre- clude them from being excited utterances. People v. Martinez, 18 P.3d 831 (Colo. App. 2000); People v. Garrison, 109 P.3d 1009 (Colo. App. 2004); People v. King, 121 P.3d 234 (Colo. App. 2005). The totality of the circumstances, includ- ing the severity of the victim’s injuries, her agitated emotional state, and the brief time between the injury and the statements, sup- ports the trial court’s determination that the statements were admissible under this rule. People v. Martinez, 18 P.3d 831 (Colo. App. 2000). Statements by victim who was upset, cry- ing, and in emotional and physical distress that were made in temporal proximity to defendant’s yelling and assault of victim properly held to be excited utterances. Compan v. People, 121 P.3d 876 (Colo. 2005). Contemporaneity not required. Contemporaneity of the act and the assertion is not required for the res gestae exception to the hearsay rule to be applicable. Lancaster v. People, 200 Colo. 448, 615 P.2d 720 (1980) (case decided prior to effective date of C.R.E.); People v. Handy, 657 P.2d 963 (Colo. App. 1982); Cheney v. Hailey, 686 P.2d 808 (Colo. App. 1984). Time interval of a half-hour between the al- leged assault and the hearsay declaration admit- ted under the res gestae exception did not con- stitute an impediment to the admissibility of the statement. Lancaster v. People, 200 Colo. 448, 615 P.2d 720 (1980) (case decided prior to ef- fective date of C.R.E.). But statement made after time interval of three hours in which declarant had several inde- pendent interludes of reflective thought was not admissible as an excited utterance. People v. Stephenson, 56 P.3d 1112 (Colo. App. 2001). Temporal interval between event and statement not conclusive on admissibility. Al- though the temporal interval between the ‘‘star- tling event’’ and the child’s statement is not without significance, it is not conclusive on the question of admissibility. People in Interest of O.E.P., 654 P.2d 312 (Colo. 1982); People v. Sandoval, 709 P.2d 90 (Colo. App. 1985); People v. Clements, 732 P.2d 1245 (Colo. App. 1986). Exculpatory statement of defendant made hours after arrest not part of res gestae. Where hours after the defendant is placed under arrest, he gives an exculpatory statement to the police and the district attorney objects to the admission of the statement into evidence at trial on the ground that the statement is hearsay, his objection is valid, because the defendant’s ex- planatory statement is not so contemporaneous that it can be considered part of the res gestae. People v. Gilkey, 181 Colo. 103, 507 P.2d 855 (1973). Trial court to determine whether state- ment admissible. The trial court is in a pre- ferred position to determine whether a particu- lar event causes sufficient excitement in the declarant to render a statement admissible as an excited utterance. People in Interest of O.E.P., 654 P.2d 312 (Colo. 1982); People v. Bashara, 677 P.2d 1376 (Colo. App. 1983); People v. Sandoval, 709 P.2d 90 (Colo. App. 1985). Criminal cases. Section (2), the ‘‘excited ut- terance’’ exception to the hearsay rule, is not unconstitutional as applied in every criminal case. People v. Dement, 661 P.2d 675 (Colo. 1983). When declarant is unavailable, evidence ad- mitted under this exception does not violate defendant’s right to confront prosecution wit- nesses. People v. Mitchell, 829 P.2d 409 (Colo. App. 1991). A declarant is unavailable in the constitu- tional sense when the prosecution makes a rea- sonable, good faith effort to produce a witness without success; however, in cases where the attempt to produce a witness would be futile, a reasonable effort by the prosecution may be no effort. People v. Green, 884 P.2d 339 (Colo. App. 1994). Excited utterance is nontestimonial if not made under circumstances that would lead an objective witness to reasonably believe the statement would be available for use at a later trial. Compan v. People, 121 P.3d 876 (Colo. 2005). Testimony held admissible under the ex- cited utterance exception to the hearsay rule. People v. Jones, 665 P.2d 127 (Colo. App. 1982); Kielsmier v. Foster, 669 P.2d 630 (Colo. App. 1983); People v. Bashara, 677 P.2d 1376 (Colo. App. 1983); People v. Franklin, 683 P.2d 775 (Colo. 1984); People v. Sandoval, 709 P.2d 90 (Colo. App. 1985); People v. Clements, 732 P.2d 1245 (Colo. App. 1986); People v. Bolton, 859 P.2d 311 (Colo. App. 1993); Canape v. Peterson, 878 P.2d 83 (Colo. App. 1994); People v. Martinez, 83 P.3d 1174 (Colo. App. 2003). Testimony held inadmissible. Although by- standers to an event may be sufficiently affected by its excitment to have their utterances ren- dered reliable, and thus excepted from the rule against hearsay statements, in this case there was no evidence of the emotion or spontaneity required to qualify the statement of the un- known declarant as an excited utterance. People v. Mares, 705 P.2d 1013 (Colo. App. 1985); People v. Green, 884 P.2d 339 (Colo. App. 1994). Trial court abused its discretion in admit- ting testimony as an excited utterance even though the interview took place shortly after the startling event of defendant’s arrest. The statements did not relate to the startling event and instead related to events that had occurred weeks previously. People v. Suazo, 87 P.3d 124 (Colo. App. 2003). Trial court erred in admitting statements made by victim to police officer twelve hours after incident as excited utterances. Despite officer’s description of the victim as distraught, traumatized, and terrified, the evidence indi- cated that victim had several independent inter- ludes of reflective thought that rendered the statements less than spontaneous. People v. Pernell, 2014 COA 157, 414 P.3d 1, aff’d on other grounds, 2018 CO 13, 411 P.3d 669. Statements held inadmissible. W.C.L. v. People, 685 P.2d 176 (Colo. 1984); People v. Koon, 724 P.2d 1367 (Colo. App. 1986); People v. Franklin, 782 P.2d 1202 (Colo. App. 1989). C. Then Existing Mental, Emotional, or Physical Condition. Law reviews. For article, ‘‘Lights, Camera, Action—Video Will Executions’’, see 42 Colo. Law. 45 (January 2013). Rationale for exception. The state of mind exception to the hearsay rule is based upon the truthworthiness of such statements which is pre- sumed due to their spontaneity. Morrison v. Bradley, 655 P.2d 385 (Colo. 1982). Statement must be made under circum- stances indicating sincerity. The rule requires that such declarations relate to a then existing state of mind and that they must have been made under circumstances indicating sincerity. Morrison v. Bradley, 655 P.2d 385 (Colo. 1982). Section (3) tracks the common-law defini- tion of the state of mind exception. Morrison v. Bradley, 655 P.2d 385 (Colo. 1982). Common-law rule. Under the common-law evidentiary rule, the tests applied to admit evi- dence of design or plan are ‘‘a present existing state of mind, something said in the usual course of things under the circumstances, and under circumstances excluding an ulterior pur- pose’’. Morrison v. Bradley, 655 P.2d 385 (Colo. 1982). Statements by an unavailable witness ad- mitted pursuant to the state of mind hearsay exception do not violate a defendant’s state or federal confrontation rights. The state of mind hearsay exception is firmly rooted. The reliability of such hearsay statements, therefore, is implied under the test set forth in Ohio v. Roberts, 448 U.S. 56 (1980), and statements bear sufficient indicia of reliability to satisfy the second part of the Dement two-part test. Ac- cordingly, trial court’s failure to make a reliabil- ity determination regarding statements by an unavailable witness did not constitute plain er- ror. People v. Gash, 165 P.3d 779 (Colo. App. 2006). The state of mind exception to the hearsay rule is based upon the trustworthiness of spon- taneous statements. The availability of the declarant is immaterial if the statement is made under circumstances indicating sincerity. State- ments of present intent to engage in future con- duct may be used as proof of the subsequent act. People v. Nunez, 698 P.2d 1376 (Colo. App. 1984), aff’d, 737 P.2d 422 (Colo. 1987). Mental condition of sexual assault victim. Mother of sexual assault victim may testify that victim was fearful and distraught for several months after assault since such testimony is admissible under state of mind exception to the hearsay rule. People v. Haymaker, 716 P.2d 110 (Colo. 1986). Prohibition inapplicable when hearsay of- fered to prove state of mind. When hearsay is offered to provide the basis for the defendant’s state of mind, the truth of the statement is not the criterion for admission, and the general hearsay prohibition does not apply. People v., Burress, 183 Colo. 146, 515 P.2d 460 (1973); People v. Spring, 713 P.2d 865 (Colo. 1985), rev’d on other grounds, 479 U.S. 564, 107 S. Ct. 851, 93 L. Ed. 2d 809 (1987). When state of mind exception applicable. The state of mind exception to the hearsay rule, section (3), is not applicable to statements pur- portedly made by the victim in a case where the state of mind of the victim is not a material issue. People v. Borrelli, 624 P.2d 900 (Colo. App. 1980). The more recent and better-reasoned cases allow hearsay expressions of a victim’s fear of a defendant only where the state of mind of the victim is clearly relevant to a material issue in the case. People v. Borrelli, 624 P.2d 900 (Colo. App. 1980). Out of court statements regarding the vic- tim’s fear of the defendant are admissible to explain the victim’s state of mind. People v. Cardenas, 25 P.3d 1258 (Colo. App. 2000). Assertion must depict declarant’s, not an- other’s, state of mind. Since the state of mind exception admits the assertion for the truth of the matter asserted, it is basic to admissibility that the assertion essentially depict the declarant’s then existing state of mind, as dis- tinguished from a description of the acts or state of mind of another. People v. Madson, 638 P.2d 18 (Colo. 1981); People v. Franklin, 782 P.2d 1202 (Colo. App. 1989). Statements of memory or belief are ex- cluded from the state of mind exception. People v. Madson, 638 P.2d 18 (Colo. 1981). Rule permits the introduction of state- ments of memory or belief to prove the fact remembered or believed as to the execution, revocation, identification, or terms of a declarant’s will. Murphy v. Glenn, 964 P.2d 581 (Colo. App. 1998). Statements of present intent of future con- duct included. The state of mind exception encompasses statements of the declarant’s pres- ent intent to engage in future conduct as proof of the subsequent act. People v. Madson, 638 P.2d 18 (Colo. 1981). Victim’s statement to police officer de- scribing physical injuries within the scope of admissible evidence under the ‘‘then existing mental, emotional, or physical condition’’ ex- ception. Pena v. People, 173 P.3d 1107 (Colo. 2007). Child’s wordless pointing to head when police officer asked child if he had any ‘‘owies’’ was admissible becuase child was addresssing his then existing physical condition. People v. Phillips, 2012 COA 176, 315 P.3d 136. Statements inadmissible because they re- lated to a past state of mind, not a then exist- ing state of mind. People v. Manyik, 2016 COA 42, 383 P.3d 77. Applied in Stephen Equipment Co. v. Baca, 703 P.2d 1332 (Colo. App. 1985); People v. Avery, 736 P.2d 1233 (Colo. App. 1986); People v. McGrath, 793 P.2d 664 (Colo. App. 1989). D. Statements for Purposes of Medical Diagnosis or Treatment. Statements made for the purpose of medi- cal diagnosis or treatment are exempted un- der section (4). For this type of evidence to be admissible, it must (1) be made for purposes of medical diagnosis or treatment; (2) describe medical history, symptoms, or the inception or cause of symptoms; and (3) be reasonably per- tinent to diagnosis or treatment. Sovde v. Scott, 2017 COA 90, 410 P.3d 778. Statements ascribing fault are generally not admissible under section (4) unless the statements of fault are necessary for diagnosis and treatment. Statements expressing dissatis- faction with the care received do not fall under exception in section (4). Statements ascribing fault are not necessary to assist in diagnosis and treatment. Sovde v. Scott, 2017 COA 90, 410 P.3d 778. Admission of nontreating physician’s re- cital of a defendant’s statements. Nontreating physician’s recital of a defendant’s statements is admissible for the truth of the matters they contain. The test for admission reflects a trust- worthiness rationale and is: First, is the declarant’s motive consistent with the purpose of the rule; and second, is it reasonable for the physician to rely on the information in diagno- sis or treatment. People v. Stiles, 692 P.2d 1124 (Colo. App. 1984). Statements made by defendant to a non-treat- ing physician should be admitted once it is established that the statements were made for the purpose of diagnosis or treatment, and were reasonably pertinent to diagnosis or treatment, and were relied upon by the physician in arriv- ing at an expert opinion, without regard to any independent demonstration of trustworthiness. King v. People, 785 P.2d 596 (Colo. 1990). However, even admission of testimony that is not pertinent to medical treatment or diagnosis may not be harmful error if it is merely cumu- lative of other evidence. People v. Galloway, 726 P.2d 249 (Colo. App. 1986). Victim’s statements to a paramedic admis- sible where statements were made in response to standard questions designed to elicit facts necessary for medical diagnosis and treatment and where all circumstances show that the vic- tim’s motive in making the statements was to obtain treatment. People v. Martinez, 18 P.3d 831 (Colo. App. 2000); People v. Joyce, 68 P.3d 521 (Colo. App. 2002). Testimony of social worker, psychologist, and physician as to child’s statements concern- ing sexual contact with her father were not admissible under the ‘‘medical exception’’ to the hearsay rule absent any evidence that the child was capable of recognizing, at the time of such statements, the need to provide accurate information for purposes of medical diagnosis or treatment. Oldsen v. People, 732 P.2d 1132 (Colo. 1986). Evidence of patient’s past cocaine use ad- missible in medical malpractice case because it was used for the purpose of diagnosis. The rule does not require that the evidence be used prospectively for treatment purposes. Kelly v. Haralampopoulos by Haralampopoulos, 2014 CO 46, 327 P.3d 255. Doctors’ diagnoses, recited and summa- rized in administrative law judge decision, did not come within the exception provided in section (4) because they did not constitute the patient’s recitation of information necessary for diagnosis or treatment. Leiting v. Mutha, 58 P.3d 1049 (Colo. App. 2002). Self-serving statements of defendant con- cerning drug use upon being booked for murder did not qualify under this rule. Such statements were not made for the purpose of obtaining diagnosis from a health care profes- sional, but as part of jail’s routine procedures. People v. Thomas, 962 P.2d 263 (Colo. App. 1997). Victim’s statements to nurse practitioner were inadmissible hearsay where the type of dispute or identity of the assailant was not nec- essary for or pertinent to the nurse practitioner’s diagnosis or treatment. The record showed the challenged statements were cumulative of testi- mony by the victim and an investigating officer, therefore, any error in the admission of the challenged statements was harmless. People v. Jaramillo, 183 P.3d 665 (Colo. App. 2008). Trial court did not commit reversible error in admitting hearsay statements made by vic- tim to physician who examined her. The state- ments included the victim’s description of the defendant’s actions that had caused her pain and bleeding, to assist with his medical diagno- sis. Moreover, the physician’s testimony was cumulative of testimony provided by the victim, the woman with whom the victim was residing, and the caseworker. People v. Perez, 972 P.2d 1072 (Colo. App. 1998). Testimony of sexual assault nurse practi- tioner (SANE) regarding statement elicited from victim during a SANE exam is admis- sible if: (1) The statement is reasonably perti- nent to treatment or diagnosis, and (2) the con- tent of the statement is such as is reasonably relied upon by a physician in treatment or diag- nosis. However, statement is not admissible if statement is not trustworthy because the facts and circumstances surrounding the statement create the inference that the forensic examina- tion or interview was purely investigative and had no medical or diagnostic characteristic. People v. Tyme, 2013 COA 59, 315 P.3d 1270. E. Recorded Recollection. This exception is inapplicable where a no- tation on a document refreshed a witness of his actions taken six weeks before trial and not so that he independently recalled the date of his conversation with the defendant that had taken place just before the accident for which defen- dant was on trial. People v. Clary, 950 P.2d 654 (Colo. App. 1997). F. Records of Regularly Conducted Activity. Law reviews. For article, ‘‘C.R.E. 803(6): Applying the Business Records Exception to Third-Party Information’’, see 29 Colo. Law. 55 (May 2000). For article, ‘‘C.R.E. 803(6): Ad- missibility of Customer-Supplied Information Under Business Records Hearsay Exception’’, see 32 Colo. Law. 89 (Sept. 2003). Business record exception justified by trustworthiness. Where sufficient guarantees of trustworthiness and accuracy are present, ap- plication of the business record exception to hearsay evidence is justified. People v. Holder, 632 P.2d 607 (Colo. App. 1981); Ford v. Bd. of County Comm’rs, 677 P.2d 358 (Colo. App. 1983), cert. dismissed, 679 P.2d 579 (Colo. 1984). Contractor’s invoices are business records. Contractor’s invoices, based on employee time sheets, are admissible as records kept in the regular course of business. Herman v. Steam- boat Springs Super 8 Motel, Inc., 634 P.2d 1005 (Colo. App. 1981). Activities of government agencies may be considered business records for the purposes of Crim. P. 26.2, if the other requirements of the rule are met and the proper foundation is laid. People v. Stribel, 199 Colo. 377, 609 P.2d 113 (1980) (case decided prior to effective date of C.R.E.). Assessments made by condominium asso- ciation on a quarterly basis admissible. Cha- teau Chaumont Condo. v. Aspen Title Co., 676 P.2d 1246 (Colo. App. 1983). Records prepared by another source, if ad- opted and integrated in the regular course of established business procedures into the records sought to be introduced are admissible even if the identity of the person whose first hand knowledge was the basis of a particular entry is not established. Teac Corp. of Am. v. Bauer, 678 P.2d 3 (Colo. App. 1984); In re Estate of Fritzler, 2017 COA 4, 413 P.3d 163. Fraud investigator’s records for credit pro- cessing association are records of regularly con- ducted activity justifying admissibility of calcu- lations based thereon. People v. Burger-Levy, 677 P.2d 351 (Colo. App. 1983). Complaints filed by third parties with the Colorado attorney general’s consumer fraud office do not qualify as business records be- cause they are not part of the work product generated by that office. Tincombe v. Colo. Const. & Supply Corp. 681 P.2d 533 (Colo. App. 1984). Doctors’ diagnoses, recited and summa- rized in administrative law judge decision, did not qualify as medical records because they constituted a summary and interpretation of the records, not the records themselves, and in any event were not authenticated by the cus- todian or other qualified witness. Leiting v. Mutha, 58 P.3d 1049 (Colo. App. 2002). Police reports may qualify as business re- cords because the drafters of the federal rule of evidence 803(6), identical to this rule, contem- plated including police reports in the business records exception when the other requirements of the rule are met. Lannon v. Taco Bell, Inc., 708 P.2d 1370 (Colo. App. 1985), aff’d on other grounds, 744 P.2d 43 (Colo. 1987). But statements of defendant concerning his own drug use, upon being booked for murder, did not qualify under this rule. The business records exception requires that the source of the proffered information does not indicate lack of trustworthiness, and in the con- text of the case, the defendant’s statements might properly be characterized as self-serving. People v. Thomas, 962 P.2d 263 (Colo. App. 1997). Specific requirement in § 16-3-309 (5) that laboratory testing technician be made avail- able at trial upon timely request overrides general hearsay exception of section (6) of this rule. When timely request had been made, trial court erred in admitting laboratory report without technician’s testimony as a business record. People v. Williams, 183 P.3d 577 (Colo. App. 2007). Relevant and material business records, including computer records, qualify for the business records exception when supported by an adequate foundation showing that: (1) The records were made in the regular course of business; (2) those participating in the record making were acting in the routine of business; (3) the input procedures were accurate; (4) the entries were made within a reasonable time af- ter the occurrence in question; and (5) the infor- mation was transmitted by a reliable person with knowledge of the event reported. Benham v. Pryke, 703 P.2d 644 (Colo. App. 1985), rev’d on other grounds, 744 P.2d 67 (Colo. 1987); Downing v. Overhead Door Corp., 707 P.2d 1027 (Colo. App. 1985); Schmutz v. Bolles, 800 P.2d 1307 (Colo. 1990); Stevens v. Humana of Del., Inc., 832 P.2d 1076 (Colo. App. 1992); Hauser v. Rose Health Care Sys., 857 P.2d 524 (Colo. App. 1993); People v. Huehn, 53 P.3d 733 (Colo. App. 2002); People v. Marciano, 2014 COA 92M, 411 P.3d 831. The information contained in business re- cords may be transmitted through a number of individuals as long as the chain of transmission begins with the individual who has actual knowledge of each person in the chain is acting in ordinary course of business. Schmutz v. Bolles, 800 P.2d 1307 (Colo. 1990). The trial court erred in refusing to admit an investigative report of insurance adjuster be- cause the report was prepared as part of the normal routine business practice necessary for each insurance file, the adjuster prepared the report using information he received from one in knowledge, and the report was prepared within a brief time after the adjuster received the information. Downing v. Overhead Door Corp., 707 P.2d 1027 (Colo. App. 1985). Bank statements provided by defendant directly to law enforcement officials that de- fendant averred were her statements admis- sible under section (6). The nature of bank records and their trustworthiness, due to the fastidious nature of record keeping in financial institutions, which is often required by govern- mental regulation, along with the records as a whole, can establish a sufficient foundation for the bank records’ admission. Because of the particular nature of bank statements and the fact that defendant obtained them and personally delivered them to a detective, the trial court could have taken judicial notice of the state- ments as business records. People v. Marciano, 2014 COA 92M, 411 P.3d 831. Trial court abused its discretion when it admitted records without the testimony of a foundational witness. People v. Marciano, 2014 COA 92M, 411 P.3d 831. Trial court correctly analogized cloud- based electronic files to computer-generated account statements. Without testimony or affi- davit from the custodians showing that the re- cords were made in the regular course of busi- ness, inputted accurately within a reasonable amount of time, and transmitted by a reliable person with knowledge, the trial court properly excluded these records. People v. N.T.B., 2019 COA 150, 457 P.3d 126. Trial court did not abuse discretion in ad- mitting computer records as business records even though the records were not authenti- cated pursuant to C.R.E. 901. Although C.R.E. 901(b)(9) may be used to authenticate computer records, there is no requirement that computer records be authenticated only in this way. People v. Huehn, 53 P.3d 733 (Colo. App. 2002). Computer business records have a greater level of trustworthiness than an individually generated computer document. People v. Huehn, 53 P.3d 733 (Colo. App. 2002). Trial court did not abuse its discretion in admitting as a business record a spreadsheet prepared by the director of loss prevention, which contained data generated by the compa- ny’s point-of-sale system that was copied and pasted into the document. People v. Flores- Lozano, 2016 COA 149, 410 P.3d 684. Business records containing statements by an outsider are admissible when the informa- tion is provided as part of a business relation- ship between a business and the outsider and there is evidence that the business substantially relied upon the information contained in the records. Trial court did not abuse its discretion in admitting such records. People in Interest of R.D.H., 944 P.2d 660 (Colo. App. 1997). It was unnecessary to establish that docu- ment admitted under this rule was prepared by defendant’s employee where defendant’s chief financial officer testified that the document was received in the ordinary course of defen- dant’s business, that the document was the type of document defendant routinely received from supplier, and that supplier did not inform defen- dant that document was inaccurate. Hauser v. Rose Health Care Sys., 857 P.2d 524 (Colo. App. 1993). Trial court did not err in admitting certain documents offered in support of plaintiff’s damage claim on grounds that documents constituted inadmissible heresay where jury was instructed that documents were not being admitted for truth of matter asserted and coun- sel for defendant confirmed that no additional jury instruction was required. Hauser v. Rose Health Care Sys., 857 P.2d 524 (Colo. App. 1993). Security company’s incident report inad- missible where there was no evidence as to: who recorded the report; whether the report was kept in the ordinary course of business; whether the security guard had knowledge of the truth- fulness of the recorded information; whether a third party’s statement in the report was sworn; or whether the statement was accurately trans- lated by an interpreter in the regular course of business. Henderson v. Master Klean Janitorial, Inc., 70 P.3d 612 (Colo. App. 2003). Industrial commission files are business re- cords. Industrial commission file used in good cause determination of untimely requests for review of referee’s decision, pursuant to com- mission regulations enacted under an express grant of legislative authority, is admissible as a business records exception to the hearsay rule. Kriegel v. Indus. Comm’n, 702 P.2d 290 (Colo. App. 1985). Accident reports may be admissible as business records. Armentrout v. FMC Corp., 819 P.2d 522 (Colo. App. 1991). Evidence provided an adequate basis for admission under section (6) of a medical re- cord entry made by nurse. Stevens v. Humana of Del., Inc., 832 P.2d 1076 (Colo. App. 1992). Admission of transport note entered by nurse in transport team was not error. Ste- vens v. Humana of Del., Inc., 832 P.2d 1076 (Colo. App. 1992). Applied in Ed Hackstaff Concrete, Inc. v. Powder Ridge Condo, 679 P.2d 1112 (Colo. App. 1984); Thirsk v. Ethicon, Inc., 687 P.2d 1315 (Colo. App. 1983); People v. Lagunas, 710 P.2d 1145 (Colo. App. 1985); Adams County Dept. of Soc. Servs. ex rel. Tyler v. Tyler, 714 P.2d 1333 (Colo. App. 1986); Kelln v. Colo. Dept. of Rev., 719 P.2d 358 (Colo. App. 1986); Jacob v. Com. Highland Theatres, Inc., 738 P.2d 6 (Colo. App. 1986); Columbia Sav. & Loan Ass’n v. Zelinger, 794 P.2d 231 (Colo. 1990); Lorenz v. Martin Marietta Corp., Inc., 802 P.2d 1146 (Colo. App. 1990), aff’d, 823 P.2d 100 (Colo. 1992); State v. Robert J. Hopp & Assocs., 2018 COA 69M, 442 P.3d 986; State ex rel. Coffman v. Robert J. Hopp & Assocs., 2019 COA 69M, 442 P.3d 986. G. Records of Vital Statistics. Coroner’s reports and death certificates. Coroner’s reports qualify as public records, and death certificates are records of vital statistics. Bernstein v. Rosenthal, 671 P.2d 979 (Colo. App. 1983). Admitting death certificate containing hearsay not error where jury instructed to ignore hearsay. The admission of a death cer- tificate containing the statement that the victim was ‘‘helping neighbor investigate burglary of neighbor’s store and shot by one of the burglars during this investigation’’, was not reversible error, particularly when the court later in- structed the jury to ignore that portion of the certificate, although it would be much better to practice to delete such as included hearsay. Kurtz v. People, 177 Colo. 306, 494 P.2d 97 (1972). H. Learned Treatises. Law reviews. For article, ‘‘C.R.E. 803(18): The Learned Treatise Exception to the Hearsay Rule’’, see 38 Colo. Law. 39 (Mar. 2009). Expert may be cross-examined using learned treatises even though he did not rely upon them in reaching his conclusions. People v. Beasley, 43 Colo. App. 488, 608 P.2d 835 (1979). Hearsay evidence held properly admitted. Trial court held not to have erred in a sanity trial in admitting alleged hearsay testimony un- der the exception in section (18). People v. Clark, 662 P.2d 1100 (Colo. App. 1982). Colorado driver handbook not a learned treatise under section (18). Garcia v. Mekonnen, 156 P.3d 1171 (Colo. App. 2007). I. Public Records and Reports. Section (8) of this rule and § 38-1-118 do not conflict. The hearsay exceptions in the rules of evidence apply to the admission of real prop- erty values in a condemnation case. CORE Elec. Coop. v. Freund Invs., LLC, 2022 COA 63, 517 P.3d 697. Complaints filed by third parties with the state attorney general’s consumer fraud of- fice do not qualify as public records because they comprise unsubstantiated allegations, rather than ‘‘factual findings’’. Tincombe v. Colo. Const. & Supply Corp. 681 P.2d 533 (Colo. App. 1984). Administrative law judge decision reciting doctors’ testimony did not qualify as a public record because the recitations were not factual findings or conclusions of the agency, but merely summaries of the doctors’ own state- ments. Leiting v. Mutha, 58 P.3d 1049 (Colo. App. 2002). Police booking reports fall outside of the exclusion contained in section (8)(B) for documents in criminal cases relating to mat- ters observed by police or law enforcement and are thus admissible as public records. Unlike police investigative reports, booking re- ports do not raise concerns of trustworthiness or potential bias. Rather, they are documents rou- tinely prepared in a non-adversarial setting by officials whose only motivation is to accurately and efficiently record uncontroversial informa- tion relating to the fact that an arrest was made, and not the facts leading to the arrest. People v. Warrick, 284 P.3d 139 (Colo. App. 2011). Evidence of real property values in a con- demnation case is admissible where testimony on the value of real property is based on public records from an agency that has a duty to record and report transfers of real property. CORE Elec. Coop. v. Freund Invs., LLC, 2022 COA 63, 517 P.3d 697. Applied in People v. Fueston, 717 P.2d 978 (Colo. App. 1985), aff’d in part and rev’d in part on other grounds, 749 P.2d 952 (Colo. 1988). J. Other Exceptions. Rule permits hearsay statement which has circumstantial guarantees of trustworthiness equivalent to other hearsay exceptions to be admitted if the court determines that it is offered as evidence of a material fact and if it is more probative on the point for which it is offered than any other evidence which its proponent could reasonably produce. Abdelsamed v. N.Y. Life Ins. Co., 875 P.2d 421 (Colo. App. 1992), rev’d sub nom. Hock v. N.Y. Life Ins. Co., 876 P.2d 1242 (Colo. 1994). Factors to be used to determine trustwor- thiness are: (1) The nature and character of the statement; (2) the relationship of the parties; (3) the motivation of the declarant; (4) the circum- stances under which the statement was made; (5) the knowledge and qualifications of the declarant; (6) the existence or lack of corrobo- ration; and (7) the availability of the declarant at trial for cross-examination. Abdelsamed v. N.Y. Life Ins. Co., 857 P.2d 421 (Colo. App. 1992), rev’d sub nom. Hock v. N.Y. Life Ins. Co., 876 P.2d 1242 (Colo. 1994). Test applied in Abdelsamed v. N.Y. Life Ins. Co., 857 P.2d 421 (Colo. App. 1992), rev’d sub nom. Hock v. N.Y. Life Ins. Co., 876 P.2d 1242 (Colo. 1994). Statement admissible under residual hear- say exception if: (1) The statement has equiva- lent circumstantial guarantees of trustworthi- ness; (2) the statement is offered as evidence of a material fact; (3) the statement is more proba- tive than any other evidence that can be pro- cured through reasonable efforts; (4) the general purposes of the rules and the interests of justice will best be served by admission of the state- ment into evidence, and (5) the proponent of the statement must give the adverse party notice of the intent to offer the statement, including the name and address of the declarant. Hock v. N.Y. Life Ins. Co., 876 P.2d 1242 (Colo. 1994). Statements of three deceased witnesses properly read into record under residual hearsay exception when all parties agreed to what would be read. People v. Melanson, 937 P.2d 826 (Colo. App. 1996). Residual hearsay exception not adopted. The supreme court declined to adopt the re- sidual exception without an opportunity for public comment and an effective date which would allow for uniform application. W.C.L. v. People, 685 P.2d 176 (Colo. 1984) (decided prior to adoption of section (24)). Reputation among family members con- cerning a person’s date of birth is admissible hearsay. People v. Buhrle, 744 P.2d 747 (Colo. 1987). Hearsay statements of child concerning sexual contact with her father which were testi- fied to by a social worker, psychologist, and physician were sufficiently trustworthy to qualify as an exception to the hearsay rule and were admissible. Oldsen v. People, 732 P.2d 1132 (Colo. 1986). Exception for judgment of previous con- viction applied in Banek v. Thomas, 733 P.2d 1171 (Colo. 1986). Evidence in a packet pertaining to one conviction admitted under § 16-13-102 that also is evidence of another separate and dis- tinct conviction is admissible to prove the other separate and distinct conviction for ha- bitual offender purposes. People v. Tafoya, 985 P.2d 26 (Colo. App. 1999). Medical records have long been considered the prototype of business records for which admission as an exception to the hearsay rule is appropriate. Stevens v. Humana of Del., Inc., 832 P.2d 1076 (Colo. App. 1992). Admission of transport note entered by nurse in transport team was not error. The trial court correctly determined that the entry met the requirements of section (24). Stevens v. Humana of Del., Inc., 832 P.2d 1076 (Colo. App. 1992). Kelley Blue Book may be admitted under the market reports exception to the hearsay rule since the blue book is a market report generally used and relied upon by the public. People v. Thornton, 251 P.3d 1147 (Colo. App. 2010). Information from a drug website does not meet the requisite criteria of necessity and reliability for admissibility under the hearsay exception for market reports. People v. Hard, 2014 COA 132, 342 P.3d 572. Applied in People v. Guilbeaux, 761 P.2d 255 (Colo. App. 1988).
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