How relevant is text message evidence in a murder case relevant?

Here, the challenged text messages were relevant for at least three, independent reasons. First, as the trial court correctly concluded, evidence of the timeline of events leading up to a crime is generally relevant. " 'As a rule, the prosecution in a criminal case involving charges of murder or other violent crimes is entitled to present evidence of the circumstances attending them even if it is grim.' [Citation.] [Such evidence is] not rendered 'irrelevant or inadmissible simply because [it] duplicate[s] testimony, depict[s] uncontested facts, or trigger[s] an offer to stipulate.' " (People v. Thomas (2012) 53 Cal.4th 771, 806.)

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