CALIFORNIA EVIDENCE: CIVIL AND CRIMINAL
...Hearsay Except. Requiring Unavail
......Exception: Decl. Against Interest
.........Types of Interests: Penal
............Only Portions Agnst Interest Admissible
3 Cards On This Topic:
  • Only portions of statement actually against declarant's interest admissible.
  • Only portions of statement against declarant's interest admissible; statements implicating another are not against declarant's interest and are inadmissible against the other.
  • Declaration against interest-only portion of statement which is "against interest" is admissible.