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could be admitted into evidence as res gestae fall into three headings:

# Words or phrases that either form part of, or explain, a physical act;
# Exclamations that are so spontaneous as to belie concoction; and
# Statements that are evidence of someone's state of mind.

The present sense impression, excited utterance, and then-existing mental, emotional, or physical condition hearsay exceptions, respective to the above headings, now cover many situations under the Federal Rules of Evidence that would formerly have been

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