CALIFORNIA EVIDENCE: CIVIL AND CRIMINAL
...Hearsay
......Credibility of Hearsay Declarant
.........Impeachment
............Other Credibility Evidence
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Any other credibility evidence is admissible as if hearsay declarant had been a witness.

Once D took it upon himself to put his hearsay declaration in issue, DA was entitled to test his credibility as the hearsay declarant.

D's prior felony convictions admissible to attack his credibility when his exculpatory statement to police is admitted into evidence, at his own request, but he doesn't testify at trial.