CALIFORNIA EVIDENCE: CIVIL AND CRIMINAL
...Hearsay Except. Requiring Unavail
......Exception: Serious Felony
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Limited admissibility of hearsay in serious felonies if declarant unavailable.

Ample evidence supported trial ct.'s implicit finding taped statement of witness, later murdered, was made under circumstances indicating its trustworthiness and properly admitted under EC 1350.