On Oct. 25, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court adopted two amendments to the Pennsylvania Rules of Evidence—the definitions of “Present Sense Impressions” and “Excited Utterances” both had new language added. Each rule now concludes with the following statement:

“When the declarant is unidentified, the proponent shall show by independent corroborating evidence that the declarant actually perceived the event or condition.” The new rules and comments can be found here.