Opinion ID: 3156075
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: Use of the Emails

Text: [¶22] The emails at issue principally consist of messages between Flynn and various representatives of Dinson arranging for the funds transfer and statements by Flynn herself, acknowledging an obligation to return the funds and stating that 10 she would return the funds once bank and wire transfer technicalities were resolved. Flynn’s own email statements or email communications, like other statements by criminal defendants, were not hearsay and were properly admitted pursuant to M.R. Evid. 801(d)(2) (Tower 2014).5 The emails to Flynn from Mike Martin, Bert Martin, and Yu were not offered for the truth of the matters asserted therein but instead showed the context of Flynn’s statements. See M.R. Evid. 801(c) (Tower 2014).6 Because the emails were admissible pursuant to Rule 801(c) and (d)(2), and because the court properly instructed the jury to limit the scope of its consideration of the additional emails, the court did not abuse its discretion in admitting the emails.