LW 307 Evidence Tutorial 9 - Week 11 Exercise 1 Construct an example of instances where an out of court statement is introduced in court but is not considered hearsay because: (a) The statement is introduced because it has some legal effect or significance (b) The statement is introduced not to prove the truth of the statement but to show the state of mind of the maker of the statement. Exercise 3 When can the prosecutor introduce evidence to show the bad character of an accused? LW 307: Topic 11 Tutorial Questions 1. State and discuss the exceptions to the exclusionary rule of hearsay. Use cases to illustrate your answer. 2. Choose any two jurisdictions in the South Pacific region and see which ones of these exceptions have been codified in the laws of their country. How does this codification of the common law exceptions to hearsay affect evidence at trial