People v. Jensen

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• concluding that a codefendant’s statements were trustworthy because they were made to a friend while the codefendant was not in police custody
• holding that trustworthiness could be determined from the nature and character of the statements, the relationship of the parties, the probable motivation of the declarant in making the statements, and the circumstances under which the statements were made
• noting that statements made to a friend were not “a result of leading questions or coercion, or made in the hope of any lenity or favorable treatment”
• “[T]he interests of justice are also promoted by having the complete facts surrounding an incident available to the jury.”
• the prosecution may prove the defendant’s culpable mental state in a homicide trial through “evidence of prior threats, mistreatment, or malice by the defendant toward the victim”
• “In a homicide trial, evidence of prior threats, mistreatment, or malice by the defendant toward the victim is admissible to show the defendant’s motive and culpable mental state.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).