Opinion ID: 429450
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Heading: Diary.

Text: 56 At trial, the court permitted Colleen Jones, Patricia Kehm's sister, to read two excerpts from Patricia's diary. 9 The entries concerned normal domestic affairs and contained professions of Mrs. Kehm's love for her family. Procter & Gamble contends that the evidence should have been excluded, both as hearsay and as unduly prejudicial. The Kehms argue that the evidence was not hearsay and not cumulative. They say the diary entries were highly probative because they served to negate the inference that the trial testimony of family members, who expressed their admiration for Mrs. Kehm as a person and as a mother, portrayed Mrs. Kehm in the best light possible. The trial judge admitted the evidence after examining the diaries outside the jury's presence and limiting the admission to the two entries. We do not think the trial court abused its discretion in so ruling. 57