Supreme Court of New Jersey

Julio Cestero

February 22, 197157 N.J. 497

Summary

The Supreme Court of New Jersey affirmed the Appellate Division's judgment, holding that the hospital record statement by Mrs. Ferrara describing the accident was admissible as a res gestae declaration under Rule 63(4). The Court reasoned that the statement was made under the stress of the accident and in close temporal proximity, thus not a product of deliberation.