This assignment addresses potential hearsay issues from a witness in the case of Ira Mendelson v. Jose Servantes. A woman named Sophia Guiles visited the lawyer's office and said she heard the plaintiff Mary, who claimed to see the defendant tampering with a bus window, frequently claim in public that she was the Virgin Mary. The lawyer asks the student to research hearsay rules in evidence law and write a 500-600 word memo analyzing if Sophia's statement about what Mary said is hearsay and considering Mary's sanity, citing legal authorities and using Bluebook format for sources.