Can a jury consider statements made before trial which constituted implied admissions?

California, United States of America

The following excerpt is from People v. Ford, 19 Cal.Rptr. 758, 200 Cal.App.2d 905 (Cal. App. 1962):

We conclude, therefore, that both defendants made statements before trial which constituted at least implied admissions. It was proper for the trial court to instruct the jury with respect to its consideration of them. Since the court did not characterize the statements as confessions but left it to the jury to consider whether they were confessions or admission, the foregoing instruction was properly given. (People v. Gardner, 147 Cal.App.2d 530, 538, 305 P.2d 614.)

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