What is the effect of having written a declaration of intent to commit a crime?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Manson, 132 Cal.Rptr. 265, 61 Cal.App.3d 102 (Cal. App. 1976):
Moreover, the declarations were properly admitted as evidence of the particular method and mode by which a crime was to be committed in the future. They were relevant to the issue of motive and knowledge which in turn tends to prove identity. (See People v. Neal (1950) 97 Cal.App.2d 668, 673, 218 P.2d 556.)
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