CALIFORNIA EVIDENCE: CIVIL AND CRIMINAL
...Hearsay Exceptions re Statements
......Admissions Subj. to Corpus Delicti Rule
.........Statements re Uncharged Crimes
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  • D's statements re prior crimes inadmissible without corpus.
  • Corpus delicti rule does not apply to uncharged acts, except when uncharged acts are used in the penalty phase of a capital trial.
  • Corpus delicti rule not applicable to other crimes evidence introduced for impeachment purposes in guilt phase of trial.
  • Accomplice may testify re uncharged crime without corroboration; evidence goes to intent, state of mind, motive or identity.