People v. Jones

Opinion

MOSK, J.

INTRODUCTION

On appeal, defendant Kevin Jermaine Jones, who was convicted of making a criminal threat (Pen. Code, § 422),1 grand theft from a person (§ 487), and simple assault (§ 240), contends, inter alia, that the trial court erred in admitting hearsay statements under the forfeiture by wrongdoing doctrine. In the published portion of this opinion, we hold that under the forfeiture by wrongdoing doctrine, the trial court properly admitted a statement by a witness who was dissuaded from appearing at trial by defendant. In the unpublished portion of this opinion, we order…