Vicarious Admissions of Co-Conspirators Under the 2019 Rules of Evidence
One of the exceptions to the res inter alios acta rule and hence excluded from the hearsay rule is the statement of a conspirator. Such out-of-court statement is admissible against a co-conspirator as a vicarious admission pursuant to Section 31, Rule 130 of the Rules of Evidence, as amended in 2019, and which reads as…