People v. McLaughlin

Citations

• 44 Cal. 435

Syllabus

<p>Statements of Person since Deceased, as Evidence.—A defendant indicted for murder cannot introduce in evidence, on his own behalf, statements of the deceased concerning the circumstances attending the difficulty-in which he was wounded, made three days after he was wounded, but when he was in his right mind and did not expect to die.</p> <p>Idem.—It is not intimated that such statements would be admissible as evidence, even if they had been dying declarations of the deceased.</p>