IL · rules
Ill. R. Evid. 806
Attacking and Supporting Credibility of Declarant
When a hearsay statement, or a statement defined in Rule 801(d)(2)(C), (D), (E), or (F), has
been admitted in evidence, the credibility of the declarant may be attacked, and if attacked may be
supported, by any evidence which would be admissible for those purposes if declarant had testified
as a witness. Evidence of a statement or conduct by the declarant at any time, inconsistent with the
declarant’s hearsay statement, is not subject to any requirement that the declarant may have been
afforded an opportunity to deny or explain. If the party against whom a hearsay statement has been
admitted calls the declarant as a witness, the party is entitled to examine the declarant on the
statement as if under cross-examination.
History
Adopted September 27, 2010, eff. January 1, 2011.
Provenance
- Source
- illinoiscourts.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-14
- Edition
- 2026-09-14
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