Tex. R. Evid. 806

Attacking and Supporting the Declarant’s Credibility

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Rule 806. Attacking and Supporting the Declarant’s Credibility
When a hearsay statement—or a statement described in Rule 801(e)(2)(C), (D), or (E), or, in a
civil case, a statement described in Rule 801(e)(3)—has been admitted in evidence, the declarant’s
credibility may be attacked, and then supported, by any evidence that would be admissible for
those purposes if the declarant had testified as a witness. The court may admit evidence of the
declarant’s statement or conduct, offered to impeach the declarant, regardless of when it occurred
or whether the declarant had an opportunity to explain or deny it. If the party against whom the
statement was admitted calls the declarant as a witness, the party may examine the declarant on
the statement as if on cross-examination.
ARTICLE IX.
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