Is there any case law where a plaintiff's mental state was recorded in a notebook and calendar?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Melton, 244 Cal.Rptr. 867, 44 Cal.3d 713, 750 P.2d 741 (Cal. 1988):
9 Insofar as the notebook and calendar jottings did not directly declare a mental or emotional state, they are not hearsay but simply circumstantial evidence of state of mind. (Benwell v. Dean (1967) 249 Cal.App.2d 345, 351, 57 Cal.Rptr. 394.)
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