Is an out-of-court statement that an accomplice's testimony is "self-interested and calculated" hearsay?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Velado, B279955 (Cal. App. 2018):
" 'The usual problem with accomplice testimonythat it is consciously self-interested and calculatedis not present in an out-of-court statement that is itself sufficiently reliable to be allowed in evidence.' [Citation.]" (People v. Brown (2003) 31 Cal.4th 518, 555-556 (Brown) [finding accomplice's hearsay
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