When a hearsay statement, or a statement defined in Rule 801(d)(2)(C), (D), or (E), 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.
(As amended Mar. 2, 1987, eff. Oct. 1, 1987; Apr. 11, 1997, eff. Dec. 1, 1997.)
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When a hearsay statement, -or a statement definscribed in Rule 801(d)(2)(C), (D), or (E), -has been admitted in evidence, the credibility of the declarantdeclarant’s credibility may be attacked, and if attacked may bethen supported, by any evidence whichthat would be admissible for those purposes if the declarant had testified as a witness. Evidence of a statement or conduct byThe court may admit evidence of the declarant at any time,’s inconsistent with the declarant’s hearsay statement, is not subject to any requirement that the declarant may have been affordestatement or conduct, regardless of when it occurred or whether the declarant had an opportunity to deny or explainexplain or deny it. If the party against whom a hearsaythe statement hwas been admitted calls the declarant as a witness, the party is entitled tomay examine the declarant on the statement as if underon cross-examination.
(As amended Mar. 2, 1987, eff. Oct. 1, 1987; Apr. 11, 1997, eff. Dec. 1, 1997; Apr. 26, 2011, eff. Dec. 1, 2011.)