Published opinion, 26 April 2016 · source · PDF · 42 pages
Code, § 1250, subd. (a).)4 For example, had defendant in this case stated, “I am having hallucinations,” this would be a statement of his then-existing state of mind offered to prove the truth of the matter stated, i.e., defendant was having hallucinations. “In contrast, a statement which does not directly declare a mental state, but is merely circumstantial evidence of that state of mind, is not hearsay.