What is the test for admitting hearsay evidence under the hearsay exception?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Smith, F065229 (Cal. App. 2014):
People v. Farmer (1989) 47 Cal.3d 888, 901 (Farmer).) The decision whether to admit hearsay evidence under this exception falls within the trial court's broad grant of judicial discretion. (People v. Hines (1997) 15 Cal.4th 997, 1034-1035, fn. 4.)
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