THE CONCEPT OF LOVE IN JOSEPH FLETCHER SITUATION ETHNICS: AN APPRAISAL
Abstract
If Joseph believes to be in a position of death after an attack from her boyfriend and while at the hospital struggling for life made this declaration "Tobe poisoned my drink" and dies immediately or some hours after. Such a statement, if mentioned in court by the nurse who heard Ada made such a statement at the point of death will be admissible as evidence on the event of her death. The law considers such evidence as Dying Declaration.
The doctrine of Res Gestae is principle of the law of evidence, it is an exception to hearsay evidence, it is a statement that is uttered so close to the occurrence of an event that it can be used to prove that an event happened. Statements that constitute part of the res gestae are attributed a certain degree of reliability because they are contemporaneous, making them admissible by virtue of ‘the nature and strength’ of their connection with a particular event and their ability to explain it comprehensively. The law considers them as sufficiently reliable to overcome the expansive
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