What is the test for admissibility under Rule 803 of the hearsay rule?
The following excerpt is from U.S. v. Short, 48 F.3d 1229 (9th Cir. 1995):
Evidentiary rulings by the district court are reviewed for abuse of discretion. United States v. Brooke, 4 F.3d 1480, 1487 (9th Cir.1993). This general rule applies to admissibility under exceptions to the hearsay rule. United States v. Valdez-Soto, 31 F.3d 1467, 1469 (9th Cir.1994); United States v. Bland, 961 F.2d 123, 126 (9th Cir.), cert. denied, 113 S.Ct. 170 (1992). Rule 803 reads, in relevant part:
The following are not excluded by the hearsay rule, even though the declarant is unavailable as a witness:
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