People v. Banos

How courts have described this case

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• “That defendant may have also had other motives for the killing (e.g., retribution for infidelity) does not preclude application of the [forfeiture] exception.”
• “It strikes us as illogical and inconsistent with the equitable nature of the [forfeiture-by-wrongdoing exception] to hold that a defendant who otherwise would forfeit confrontation rights by his wrongdoing (intent to dissuade a witness
• “It strikes us as illogical and inconsistent with the equitable nature of the [forfeiture-by- wrongdoing exception] to hold that a defendant who otherwise would forfeit confrontation rights by his wrongdoing (intent to dissuade a witness

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).