Opinion ID: 2630926
Heading Depth: 5
Heading Rank: 4

Heading: Adoptive Admissions (Tobin)

Text: Tobin contends the trial court was required, on its own motion, to instruct the jury pursuant to CALJIC No. 2.71.5 concerning adoptive admissions, for the purpose of evaluating Officer Wightman's testimony regarding Letner's statement as to where Letner was taking Tobin in Pontbriant's car. [29] As discussed, ante, in part II.B.1.a., Letner's statement was not hearsay, and it was not offered to prove that Tobin believed and admitted that Letner's statement was true. Accordingly, instructing the jury pursuant to CALJIC No. 2.71.5 would have been inappropriate and confusing. [30]