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Under Rule 803(1), hearsay is admissible as a present sense impression if the 'statement describing or explaining an event or condition [was] made while the declarant was perceiving the event or condition, or immediately thereafter.' There are three criteria for the admission of statements under Rule 803(1): '(1) the statement must describe an event or condition without calculated narration; (2) the speaker must have personally perceived the event or condition described; and (3) the statement must have been made while the speaker was perceiving the event or condition, or immediately thereafter.' United States v. Ruiz, 249 F.3d 643, 646 (7th Cir. 2001). 'A declarant who deliberates about what to say or provides statements for a particular reason creates the possibility that the statements are not contemporaneous, and, more likely, are calculated interpretations of events rather than near simultaneous perceptions. ' United States v. Woods, 301 F.3d 556, 562 (7th Cir. 2002).
