CALIFORNIA EVIDENCE: CIVIL AND CRIMINAL
...Hearsay Except. Requiring Unavail
......Exception: Decl. Against Interest
.........Requirements & Limitations: In General
............Only Portions Agnst Interest Admissible
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Only portions of declarant's statements which are against interest are admissible as exception to hearsay rule.

The exception to hearsay rule for statements against penal interest does not allow admission of nonselfinculpatory statements, even if they are made within broader narrative that is generally self-inculpatory.

Only portions of declaration which are against declarant's penal interest are admissible as declarations against interest.