What is the result of an appeal against the findings of a preliminary hearing where a police officer testified to multiple hearsay statements?

California, United States of America

The following excerpt is from People v. Wimberly, 5 Cal.App.4th 439, 6 Cal.Rptr.2d 800 (Cal. App. 1992):

Dispositive of this appeal are two related Proposition 115 ¹ preliminary hearing issues: (1) was the officer who testified to hearsay statements qualified to do so and (2) were those multiple hearsay statements admissible pursuant to PENAL CODE SECTION 872², subdivision (b)? We conclude that under Whitman v. Superior Court (1991) 54 Cal.3d 1063, 2 Cal.Rptr.2d 160, 820 P.2d 262 the officer was section 872, subdivision (b)

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