coconspirator’s exception
coconspirator’s exception. An exception to the hearsay rule whereby one conspirator’s acts and statements, if made during and in furtherance of the conspiracy, are admissible against a defendant even if the statements are made in the defendant’s absence. See Fed. R. Evid. 801(d)(2)(E). — Also termed coconspirator’s rule. See HEARSAY. [Cases: Criminal Law 422–428; Evidence 253. C.J.S. Criminal Law §§ 972–977, 979–997; Evidence § 452.]
