What is the test for denying an in-court witness's out-of-court statement?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. RAMOS, B215127, No. KA079316, No. KA079324 (Cal. App. 2011):
the accuracy or the completeness of the earlier testimony.' " '[Citations.]" (People v. Valencia (2008) 43 Cal.4th 268, 294 (Valencia); see also People v. Cudjo (1993) 6 Cal.4th 585, 609 [doubts about the credibility of an in-court witness relaying another declarant's out-of-court statement do not create a ground for refusing to admit evidence under the hearsay exception for statements against penal interest].)
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