How has the court treated the testimony of a victim and an acquaintance who, as a witness at trial, described to the jury their fear?

Both the victim and the acquaintance testified at trial to having no memory of the events. Thus, their prior interviews providing detailed explanation of their fear were relevant to the jury's determination of their credibility. (See People v. Burgener (2003) 29 Cal.4th 833, 869 ["An explanation of the basis for the witness's fear" is relevant to credibility and well within the trial court's discretion]; People v. Olguin, supra, 31 Cal.App.4th at p. 1369 [the jury is entitled to know "not just that the witness was afraid, but also, within the limits of Evidence Code section 352, those facts which would enable them to evaluate the witness' fear"].) Allowing the jury to hear actual

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recordingsrather than rely on officers' retellingsbetter equipped the jury to weigh those prior statements against their trial testimony.

3. Character Evidence