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PC 1172.6 (d)(3) hearing – admissibility of an officer’s preliminary hearing testimony recounting a codefendant’s statements

Case Name: People v. Pineda (2026) 120 Cal.App.5th 369, review granted 7/29/26
Case #: S296909/B343654
Last Updated: July 29, 2026

Did the trial court err by finding that an officer’s preliminary hearing testimony recounting a codefendant’s statements was admissible at a Penal Code section 1172.6 evidentiary hearing under the declarations against interest exception to the hearsay rule (Evid. Code, § 1230)?