CALIFORNIA EVIDENCE: CIVIL AND CRIMINAL
...Hearsay
......What is Not Hearsay
.........State of Mind
............Consciousness of Guilt
4 Cards On This Topic:

D's threatening letter to W was properly admitted as effort to suppress evidence against himself indicated consciousness of guilt, whether or not the letter accused W of lying.

Where D1's statement to officer was not hearsay, whether or not it was an "adoptive admission" was irrelevant.

Girlfriend's testimony re perjury at D's prior trial and her discussing with D what to say when testifying clearly relevant to show D's consciousness of guilt.

Words of consciousness of guilt are not offered for truth and are not hearsay.